A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
1812 – 1870
ENPublic Domain
Summary
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens is a historical novel published in 1859. Set in London and Paris during the tumultuous French Revolution, it follows Dr. Alexandre Manette after his mysterious 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille and his reunion with his daughter Lucie. Their lives become entangled with a French aristocrat fleeing his heritage and a dissolute English lawyer who harbors secret devotion. Against the backdrop of revolutionary terror and violence, personal sacrifices and hidden connections shape their intertwined fates. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Subjects
- British — France — Paris — Fiction
- Executions and executioners — Fiction
- France — History — Revolution, 1789-1799 — Fiction
- French — England — London — Fiction
- Historical fiction
- London (England) — History — 18th century — Fiction
- Lookalikes — Fiction
- Paris (France) — History — 1789-1799 — Fiction
- War stories