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A Tale of Two Cities TV Tie-In Edition

A Tale of Two Cities TV Tie-In Edition Paperback - 1960

by Charles Dickens


About this book

Written by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel that follows Manette, a French doctor imprisoned for 18 long years in Paris’s Bastille. Following his release, he goes to live in London with his daughter Lucie, who had never met him and believed him to be dead. Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution and Reign of Terror, A Tale of Two Cities is a fictitious story that falls both into the historical and adventure genres. The famous book is one of the bestselling novels of all time, both for the atmosphere that Dickens’ creates and the tension he weaves. Full of love and brutality, A Tale of Two Cities exposes the highs and lows of humanity. 

Summary

150TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONWith dramatic eloquence, this story of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime.

First Edition Identification

A Tale of Two Cities was first published in 31 weekly installments in a journal called All the Year Round between April and November of 1859, and published in a book form in the same year. The publisher of the first book edition was Chapman and Hall, based in London. Original illustrations were done by H. K. Browne on 16 plates inserted into the book. The first edition is a hardcover, octavo book with maroon cloth covers. However, some first editions have had the binding refurbished. A key way to identify first editions of A Tale of Two Cities is that page 213 is misnumbered as “113.” Additionally, affectionately is misspelled as “affetcionately” on line 12, page 134. Finally, the signature “b” is present on the list of plate illustrations.

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  • Title A Tale of Two Cities TV Tie-In Edition
  • Author Charles Dickens
  • Binding Paperback
  • Language EN
  • Publisher Signet Classics
  • Date February 1, 1960
  • ISBN 9780451516657
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A Tale of Two Cities.

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Signet, 1980. Mass Market Paperback. Very good. TV movie tie-in cover design with 8 pages of photos. Lightly tanned pages, no writing or marks. Shelf wear & a couple creases on cover. ABOUT THE BOOK A Tale of Two Cities FROM OUR EDITORS The human story behind the French Revolution is embodied in four of Dickens's greatest characters: Madame Defarge, Lucie Manette and her husband Charles Darnay, and the misanthrope Sydney Carto
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