| A Tale Of Two Cities: A Story Of The French Revolution Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1495363775 ISBN-13: 9781495363771 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $10.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1859 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Revolutionary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1130 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.81 lbs) 274 pages |
| 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. |