A Tale of Two Cities
by Dickens, Charles
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107910
- Title
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Date Published
- 1859
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