Merrni [Epub] A Tale of Two Cities
By Charles Dickens
This is the alternate cover edition for "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens for
ASIN number:B004EHZXVQ can be found here."It was the best of times, it was the
worst of times"The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the
French Revolution. Although Dickens borrowed from Thomas Carlyle's history, The
French Revolution, for his sprawling tale of London and revolutionary Paris, the novel
offers more drama than accuracy. The scenes of large-scale mob violence are
especially vivid, if superficial in historical understanding. The complex plot involves
Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life on behalf of his friends Charles Darnay and
Lucie Manette. While political events drive the story, Dickens takes a decidedly
antipolitical tone, lambasting both aristocratic tyranny and revolutionary excess--the
latter memorably caricatured in Madame Defarge, who knits beside the guillotine.
When former aristocrat Charles Darnay learns that an old family servant needs
