Hardcover, 463 pages
Spanish, English language
Published Aug. 6, 1917 by D. C. Heath y compañía.
3 stars
(2 reviews)
The storming of the Bastille...the death carts with their doomed human cargo...the swift drop of the guillotine blade - this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in his famous work, A Tale of Two Cities. With dramatic eloquence, he brings to life a time of terror and treason, a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. With insight and compassion, he casts his novel of unforgettable scenes with unforgettable characters: the sinister Madame Defarge, knitting her patterns of death; the gentle Lucie Manette, unswerving in her devotion to her broken father ; the heroic Sydney Carton, who gives his life for the love of a girl who would never be his.
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- French -- England -- London -- Fiction.
- Executions and executioners -- Fiction.
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
- Lookalikes -- Fiction.
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.