01884cam a2200301 4500 545763130 TxAuBib 041109s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781593081386 1593081383 (OCoLC)5585 EYP EYP OCLCQ TxAuBib Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. A Tale of two cities / Charles Dickens ; with an introduction and notes by Gillen D'Arcy Wood. New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004. xxxi, 409 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Barnes & Noble classics. "A tale of two cities was published both serially and in volume form in 1859. The present text is the first volume edition"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-409). During the French Revolution a young English lawyer goes to the guillotine to save a French aristocrat, husband of the woman he loves. "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times ..." With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into the French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the novel's hero, Sydney Carton, a lazy, alcoholic attorney who, inspired by a woman, makes the supreme sacrifice. One of Dickens's most exciting novels. A Tale of Two Cities is a stirring classic of love, revenge, and redemption. Executions and executioners Fiction. Fathers and daughters Fiction. Lookalikes Fiction. Paris (France) Fiction History 1789-1799. London (England) Fiction History 18th century. Wood, Gillen D'Arcy. Barnes & Noble classics.