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A Tale of Two Cities / Charles Dickens.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Series:
- Courage classics.
- Courage classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paris (France)--History--1789-1799--Fiction.
- Paris (France).
- London (England)--History--18th century--Fiction.
- London (England).
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Fiction.
- France.
- French fiction--England--London.
- French fiction.
- Executions and executioners--Fiction.
- Executions and executioners.
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Lookalikes--Fiction.
- Lookalikes.
- War--Fiction--Fiction.
- England--London.
- France--Paris.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- War fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- War stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages ; 22 cm
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Imprint of Running Press,
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Published by Courage Books, 1992.
- Contents:
- Preface to the First Edition
- Book The First-Recalled to Life. 1. The Period; 2. The Mail; 3. The Night Shadows; 4. The Preparation; 5. The Wine-Shop; 6. The Shoemaker
- Book The Second-The Golden Thread. 1. Five Years Later; 2. A Sight; 3. A Disappointment; 4. Congratulatory; 5. The Jackal; 6. Hundreds of People; 7. Monseigneur in Town; 8. Monseigneur in the Country; 9. The Gorgon's Head; 10. Two Promises; 11. A Companion Picture; 12. The Fellow of Delicacy; 13. The Fellow of No Delicacy; 14. The Honest Tradesman; 15. Knitting; 16. Still Knitting; 17. One Night; 18. Nine Days; 19. An Opinion; 20. A Plea; 21. Echoing Footsteps; 22. The Sea Still Rises; 23. Fire Rises; 24. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
- Book The Third-The Track of a Storm. 1. In Secret; 2. The Grindstone; 3. The Shadow; 4. Calm in the Storm; 5. The Wood-Sawyer; 6. Triumph; 7. A Knock at the Door; 8. A Hand of Cards; 9. The Game Made; 10. The Substance of the Shadow; 11. Dusk; 12. Darkness; 13. Fifty-two; 14. The Knitting Done; 15. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever
- Essays / By George Orwell; By Holly Hughes.
- Notes:
- "Complete and Unabridged"--Dust jacket.
- "The text of this volume is reprinted from a first edition of a 'A Tale of Two Cities' issued in book form, published by Chapman and Hall, London, in 1859, and made available through the courtesy of the Bryn Mawr College Library."--Title page verso.
- "The essay 'Charles Dickens' by George Orwell is excerpted from 'Charles Dickens' in Dickens, Dali & Others', copyright © 1946 by George Orwell; renew 1974 by Sonia Orwell."--Title page verso.
- "Jacket illustration by Geri Greinke. Jacket design by Toby Schmidt. Typography: English Times and Plantin by rci, Philadelphia. Augustea Open by Letraset."--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.
- Running Press copy 1 is "2" printing.
- Running Press copy 2 is "1" printing.
- ISBN:
- 1561381144
- 9781561381142
- 9781582790787
- 1582790787
- OCLC:
- 28182647
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