- Title:
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A Tale of Two Cities
- Series:
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The Dickens Collection
- Written by:
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Charles Dickens
- Read by:
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Simon Callow
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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13
- Duration:
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15 hours
- Published:
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July 01 2020
- Available Date:
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July 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655676683
- Genres:
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Fiction; Classic Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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So begins Charles Dickens' most famous historical drama: a gripping tale of war, social injustice and the choice between darkness and light.
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'
So begins Charles Dickens' most famous historical drama: a gripping tale of war, social injustice and the choice between darkness and light. After being unjustly imprisoned for 18 years, French doctor Manette is released from the Bastille jail in Paris and embarks upon a journey to London in the hope of finding the daughter he never met. Young Lucie Manette is a pretty and dutiful girl who soon attracts the attention of two very different gentlemen. Now reunited with the father she believed to be dead, happiness appears to be within reach. But as they are all drawn back to the bloodstained streets of Paris, misery and the threat of La Guillotine loom once again.
In Callow's introduction, we discover how Dickens' own volatile personal circumstances of the time are mirrored in A Tale of Two Cities. He tells of Dickens' personal feuds and explains why this novel sees Dickens at his most theatrical