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A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

1859 · Novel

Open Library OL8193465W

London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, joined by a look-alike, a prisoner, and a sacrifice. The opening sentence is famous; the plot earns it.

About the author

Dickens filled novels with institutions, comic speech, and people the city would rather not count. The books here run from a short Christmas tale to the long arc of Great Expectations. More of this shelf for Charles Dickens.

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