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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens · 46 parts · about 11 hours 19 minutes of reading
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In London and Paris, before and during the French Revolution, a man is recalled to life after eighteen years in a French prison, a love story crosses the Channel, and one wasted life finds its meaning at the guillotine. Dickens' tale of sacrifice has been breaking hearts since 1859.
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Contents
Preface1 minChapter I: The Period5 minChapter II: The Mail10 minChapter III: The Night Shadows8 minChapter IV: The Preparation22 minChapter V: The Wine-Shop21 minChapter VI: The Shoemaker21 minChapter I: Five Years Later12 minChapter II: A Sight12 minChapter III: A Disappointment24 minChapter IV: Congratulatory11 minChapter V: The Jackal11 minChapter VI: Hundreds of People23 minChapter VII: Monseigneur in Town17 minChapter VIII: Monseigneur in the Country9 minChapter IX: The Gorgon’s Head20 minChapter X: Two Promises15 minChapter XI: A Companion Picture7 minChapter XII: The Fellow of Delicacy13 minChapter XIII: The Fellow of No Delicacy9 minChapter XIV: The Honest Tradesman19 minChapter XV: Knitting21 minChapter XVI: Still Knitting19 minChapter XVII: One Night9 minChapter XVIII: Nine Days12 minChapter XIX: An Opinion14 minChapter XX: A Plea7 minChapter XXI: Echoing Footsteps21 minChapter XXII: The Sea Still Rises10 minChapter XXIII: Fire Rises13 minChapter XXIV: Drawn to the Loadstone Rock22 minChapter I: In Secret21 minChapter II: The Grindstone12 minChapter III: The Shadow9 minChapter IV: Calm in Storm11 minChapter V: The Wood-Sawyer11 minChapter VI: Triumph12 minChapter VII: A Knock at the Door9 minChapter VIII: A Hand at Cards23 minChapter IX: The Game Made23 minChapter X: The Substance of the Shadow29 minChapter XI: Dusk7 minChapter XII: Darkness16 minChapter XIII: Fifty-Two22 minChapter XIV: The Knitting Done23 minChapter XV: The Footsteps Die Out Forever11 minSource: Standard Ebooks. Published 1859. Author died 1870. Public domain worldwide. Share this book: WhatsApp
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