This wonderful series is a quick way into a range of exciting stories, from the chilling tale of "Frankenstein", to the gripping adventure of "Treasure Island" and the powerful animal story of "Call of the Wild". Fast-moving and accessible, each story is a shortened, dramatically illustrated version of the classic novel, which loses none of the strength and flavour of the original. "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) centres on the years leading up to the French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look similar but are very different in personality. Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat, while Carton is a cynical English barrister. However, the two are in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette...
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There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by ReadZone Books Limited .
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. Pauline Francis's books include Drake's Drummer Boy, The Little Giant: the Story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Television Man: the Story of John Logie Baird. Jane Tattersfield has illustrated three books accompanying television series: The India File, Celebrating India and Stories of Faith, as well as some of the Dress Sense costume books for Belitha Press.
This book contains the following story:
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens novel begins "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," and ends with "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known." A Tale of Two Cities is a story of political intrigue set in London and Paris during the French revolution in the 18th century. Sydney Carton sacrifices his own life on behalf of his friends Charles Darnay and Lucie Manett.
