A Tale of Two Cities Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1517275474 ISBN-13: 9781517275471 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: 823.8 |
Lexile Measure: 1130 |
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.92 lbs) 312 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 135387 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The year is 1775, and social ills plague both France and England. Jerry Cruncher, an odd-job man who works for Tellson's Bank, stops the Dover mail-coach with an urgent message for Jarvis Lorry. The message instructs Lorry to wait at Dover for a young woman, and Lorry responds with the cryptic words, "Recalled to Life." At Dover, Lorry is met by Lucie Manette, a young orphan whose father, a once-eminent doctor whom she supposed dead, has been discovered in France. Lorry escorts Lucie to Paris, where they meet Defarge, a former servant of Doctor Manette, who has kept Manette safe in a garret. Driven mad by eighteen years in the Bastille, Manette spends all of his time making shoes, a hobby he learned while in prison. Lorry assures Lucie that her love and devotion can recall her father to life, and indeed they do. |