A tale of two cities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (728 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waiheke Island : The Floating Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Tale of Two Cities is shorter and more compact than many of Dickens'' novels and also more serious. Set in England and France during the French Revolution, it deals with ideas of grace and resurrection and explores the mob mentality of the Revolution. It is also a love story.

Contents:

Title; Contents; BOOK THE FIRST- RECALLED TO LIFE; I - The Period; II - The Mail; III - The Night Shadows; IV - The Preparation; V - The Wine-shop; VI - The Shoemaker; BOOK THE SECOND-THE GOLDEN THREAD; I - Five Years Later; II - A Sight; III - A Disappointment; IV - Congratulatory; V - The Jackal; VI - Hundreds of People; VII - Monseigneur in Town; VIII - Monseigneur in the Country; IX - The Gorgon''s Head; X - Two Promises; XI - A Companion Picture; XII - The Fellow of Delicacy; XIII - The Fellow of No Delicacy; XIV - The Honest Tradesman; XV - Knitting; XVI - Still Knitting

XVII - One NightXVIII - Nine Days; XIX - An Opinion; XX - A Plea; XXI - Echoing Footsteps; XXII - The Sea Still Rises; XXIII - Fire Rises; XXIV - Drawn to the Loadstone Rock; BOOK THE THIRD-THE TRACK OF A STORM; I - In Secret; II - The Grindstone; III - The Shadow; IV - Calm in Storm; V - The Wood-Sawyer; VI - Triumph; VII - A Knock at the Door; VIII - A Hand at Cards; IX - The Game Made; X - The Substance of the Shadow; XI - Dusk; XII - Darkness; XIII - Fifty-two; XIV - The Knitting Done; XV - The Footsteps Die Out For Ever

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77556-391-X

OCLC:

630530528