Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

45 chapters14h 59mEnglish1859

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A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism.The plot centers on the years leading up to French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look very alike but are entirely different in character.(Summary from Wikipedia)

Chapters (45)

1I.I: The Period

409

2I.II: The Mail

893

3I.III: The Night Shadows

727

4I.IV: The Preparation

1797

5I.V: The Wineshop

1583

6I.VI: The Shoemaker

1422

7II.I: Five Years Later

859

8II.II: A Sight

1075

9II.III: A Disappointment

2174

10II.IV: Congratulatory

1053

11II.V: The Jackal

870

12II.VI: Hundreds of People

1580

13II.VII: Monseigneur in Town

1360

14II.VIII: Monseigneur in the Country

817

15II.IX: The Gorgon's Head

1664

16II.X: Two Promises

1267

17II.XI: A Companion Picture

473

18II.XII: The Fellow of Delicacy

886

19II.XIII: The Fellow of no Delicacy

1098

20II.XIV: The Honest Tradesman

1496

21II.XV: Knitting

1576

22II.XVI: Still Knitting

1834

23II.XVII: One Night

713

24II.XVIII: Nine Days

1017

25II.XIX: An Opinion

1269

26II.XX: A Plea

445

27II.XXI: Echoing Footsteps

1578

28II.XXII: The Sea Still Rises

781

29II.XXIII: Fire Rises

1191

30II.XXIV: Drawn to the Loadstone Rock

1800

31III.I: In Secret

1591

32III.II: The Grindstone

884

33III.III: The Shadow

764

34III.IV: Calm in Storm

902

35III.V: The Woodsawyer

1003

36III.VI: Triumph

1049

37III.VII: A Knock at the Door

705

38III.VIII: A Hand at Cards

1826

39III.IX: The Game Made

1665

40III.X: The Substance of the Shadow

2149

41III.XI: Dusk

555

42III.XII: Darkness

1170

43III.XIII: Fiftytwo

1432

44III.XIV: The Knitting Done

1696

45III.XV: The Footsteps Die Out For Ever

877

Tale of Two Cities

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