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A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’. A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens’s only historical novel, sets personal happiness against the terrors of the French Revolution where the search for social justice sacrifices individual rights. Dr Manette has emerged from eighteen years’ unjust imprisonment in the Bastille: by an ironic twist of fate, his daughter Lucie’s marriage draws the family into a terrifying web of circumstance which, it seems, can only end in death by the guillotine. Duration - 15h 46m. Author - Charles Dickens. Narrator - Anton Lesser. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

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United States

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’. A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens’s only historical novel, sets personal happiness against the terrors of the French Revolution where the search for social justice sacrifices individual rights. Dr Manette has emerged from eighteen years’ unjust imprisonment in the Bastille: by an ironic twist of fate, his daughter Lucie’s marriage draws the family into a terrifying web of circumstance which, it seems, can only end in death by the guillotine. Duration - 15h 46m. Author - Charles Dickens. Narrator - Anton Lesser. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

Language:

English


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