About the book
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Doctor Manette is brought out of the Bastille after eighteen years, so broken that he only wants to make shoes. His daughter Lucie nurses him back to life in London, and two men who look almost alike fall in love with her: the French aristocrat Charles Darnay and the drunken, clever lawyer Sydney Carton. Then the Revolution breaks out in Paris. Charles Dickens's 1859 novel moves between the two cities to its famous last line.
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
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Chapter 1: The Period
About 5 min
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Chapter 2: The Mail
About 10 min
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Chapter 3: The Night Shadows
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Chapter 4: The Preparation
About 20 min
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Chapter 5: The Wine-shop
About 20 min
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Chapter 6: The Shoemaker
About 20 min
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Chapter 7: Five Years Later
About 10 min
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Chapter 8: A Sight
About 10 min
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Chapter 9: A Disappointment
About 20 min
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Chapter 10: Congratulatory
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Chapter 11: The Jackal
About 10 min
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Chapter 12: Hundreds of People
About 20 min
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Chapter 13: Monseigneur in Town
About 15 min
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Chapter 14: Monseigneur in the Country
About 10 min
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Chapter 15: The Gorgon’s Head
About 20 min
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Chapter 16: Two Promises
About 15 min
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Chapter 17: A Companion Picture
About 5 min
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Chapter 18: The Fellow of Delicacy
About 10 min
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Chapter 19: The Fellow of No Delicacy
About 10 min
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Chapter 20: The Honest Tradesman
About 15 min
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Chapter 21: Knitting
About 20 min
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Chapter 22: Still Knitting
About 15 min
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Chapter 23: One Night
About 10 min
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Chapter 24: Nine Days
About 10 min
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Chapter 25: An Opinion
About 10 min
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Chapter 26: A Plea
About 5 min
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Chapter 27: Echoing Footsteps
About 20 min
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Chapter 28: The Sea Still Rises
About 10 min
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Chapter 29: Fire Rises
About 10 min
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Chapter 30: Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
About 20 min
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Chapter 31: In Secret
About 20 min
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Chapter 32: The Grindstone
About 10 min
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Chapter 33: The Shadow
About 5 min
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Chapter 34: Calm in Storm
About 10 min
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Chapter 35: The Wood-Sawyer
About 10 min
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Chapter 36: Triumph
About 10 min
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Chapter 37: A Knock at the Door
About 10 min
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Chapter 38: A Hand at Cards
About 20 min
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Chapter 39: The Game Made
About 20 min
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Chapter 40: The Substance of the Shadow
About 25 min
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Chapter 41: Dusk
About 5 min
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Chapter 42: Darkness
About 15 min
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Chapter 43: Fifty-two
About 20 min
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Chapter 44: The Knitting Done
About 20 min
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Chapter 45: The Footsteps Die Out For Ever
About 10 min