Wordsworth Classics: A Tale of Two Cities

Wordsworth Classics: A Tale of Two Cities

Wordsworth Classics

A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Dickens’ greatest historical novel, traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyle’s great work – The French Revolution. `The best story I have written’ was Dickens’ own verdict on A Tale of Two Cities, and the reader is unlikely to disagree with this judgement of a story which combines historical fact with the author’s unsurpassed genius for poignant tales of human suffering, self-sacrifice, and redemption.

Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.

FC 823.8

Charles Dickens, Hablot K. Browne, (Phiz), Peter Merchant, Dr. Keith Carabine – Wordsworth Editions Ltd