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Charles Dickens — A Tale of Two Cities

1859 · Book · Public Domain

"A Tale of Two Cities" is Dickens's historical novel of London and Paris during the French Revolution, culminating in Sydney Carton's famous act of self-sacrifice. One of the best-selling novels ever written, it turns his social conscience on the violence of revolution itself.

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