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Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Charles Dickens
Release date: January 1, 1994 [eBook #98]
Most recently updated: February 26, 2026
Language: English
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES
A STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
Book the First--Recalled to Life
CHAPTER I The Period
CHAPTER II The Mail
CHAPTER III The Night Shadows
CHAPTER IV The Preparation
CHAPTER V The Wine-shop
CHAPTER VI The Shoemaker
Book the Second--the Golden Thread
CHAPTER I Five Years Later
CHAPTER II A Sight
CHAPTER III A Disappointment
CHAPTER IV Congratulatory
CHAPTER V The Jackal
CHAPTER VI Hundreds of People
CHAPTER VII Monseigneur in Town
CHAPTER VIII Monseigneur in the Country
CHAPTER IX The Gorgon's Head
CHAPTER X Two Promises
CHAPTER XI A Companion Picture
CHAPTER XII The Fellow of Delicacy
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