A Tale of Two Cities: With original illustrations Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798733498980 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $13.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Law & Crime |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.21 lbs) 414 pages |
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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. |