{"product_id":"a-tale-of-two-cities-2","title":"A Tale of Two Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pocket 14\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1939 Print: 2 Cover Price: $.25\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/pages\/paperback-book-grading\" title=\"Book Grades\"\u003eBook Grades.\u003c\/a\u003e Very Good. Light wear\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Fiction\/Classic\/Historical\/Thriller\/Romance\u003cbr\u003ePages: 442\u003cbr\u003e60126025E\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-ved=\"2ahUKEwio7o_AteeUAxU_JzQIHSg4LuYQi4wTegoIAggACAAIDhAA\" class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Tale of Two Cities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Charles Dickens's classic 1859 historical novel, set in London and Paris during the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. Dickens's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Tale of Two Cities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is centered on Dr. Manette, as he is released from eighteen years of imprisonment as a political prisoner in the Bastille and his reunion with his daughter, Lucie Manette, who has found sanctuary in England. Their lives become intertwined with two men they meet in England, the exiled French aristocrat, Charles Darnay, and a disreputable by brilliant English lawyer, Sydney Carton, both of whom fall in love with Lucie. From their relative safety in London, they soon find themselves drawn back to Paris, which is at the height of the Reign of Terror and poses more danger to them than ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDickens' best-known work of historical fiction, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Tale of Two Cities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the best-selling novels of all time, and regularly is ranked among the greatest novels ever written -- a \"must-read\" for all lovers of classic literature. The novel has been adapted for film, television, radio, and the stage, and continues to have an enormous influence on popular culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vintagebookseller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52166630408423,"sku":"60126025E","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/0537\/files\/img973_e7fee56d-165d-4294-99bc-beb8edcd3fd3.jpg?v=1780627158","url":"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/products\/a-tale-of-two-cities-2","provider":"Vintage Bookseller ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}