Historical classics

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

A sweeping classic of revolution, revenge and redemption.

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Genre

Historical fiction

Subgenre

Revolutionary drama

Original publication

1859

Original publisher

Chapman and Hall

Pages

489

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

London and Paris around the French Revolution

ISBN

9780141439600

Original title

A Tale of Two Cities

revolution history sacrifice revenge paris london redemption violence

About the book

Private loyalties and public violence collide as London and Paris are drawn into sacrifice, vengeance and revolution.

A strong fit for readers who want historical drama, revolution, sacrifice, suspense and one of Dickens's fastest plots.

This is Dickens at his most dramatic and compressed, with public history pressing hard on private lives.

It suits readers asking for revolution, political violence, courtroom scenes, sacrifice or a big emotional finish.