About this book
Summary
From the rear cover
A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens's great historical novel, set against the French Revolution. The most famous and perhaps the most popular of his works, it compresses an event of immense complexity to the scale of a family history, with a cast of characters that includes a bloodthirsty ogress and an antihero as believably flawed as any in modern fiction. Though the least typical of the author's novels, A Tale of Two Cities still underscores many of his enduring themes - imprisonment, injustice, and social anarchy, resurrection and the renunciation that fosters renewal.
First Edition Identification
A Tale of Two Cities was first published in 31 weekly installments in a journal called All the Year Round between April and November of 1859, and published in a book form in the same year. The publisher of the first book edition was Chapman and Hall, based in London. Original illustrations were done by H. K. Browne on 16 plates inserted into the book. The first edition is a hardcover, octavo book with maroon cloth covers. However, some first editions have had the binding refurbished. A key way to identify first editions of A Tale of Two Cities is that page 213 is misnumbered as “113.” Additionally, affectionately is misspelled as “affetcionately” on line 12, page 134. Finally, the signature “b” is present on the list of plate illustrations.
Details
- Title A Tale of Two Cities
- Author Charles Dickens
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 404
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage Classics
- Date 2008-10-07
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780099511854 / 0099511851
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 1 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 2.54 cm)
- Reading level 710
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: French
- Library of Congress subjects Fathers and daughters, London (England) - History - 18th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009291476
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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