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A Tale of Two Cities

byCharles Dickens

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‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’

Charles Darnay is an exiled French aristocrat, fleeing a Paris torn apart by the French Revolution. Sydney Carlton lives a decadent life in London, where the wealthy waste and the poor starve. The two couldn’t be more different. Except they happen to look alike – and love the same woman. When Charles is captured after returning to Paris to save his servant, Sydney might be his only hope – but will their resemblance be enough to save his life?

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About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was send to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had been taken to the debtors' prison. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
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