A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)

Charles Dickens

ISBN 10: 0241736552 / ISBN 13: 9780241736555

Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK, 2025

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Paperback. Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this bold abridged edition of A Tale of Two Cities, designed for readers aged 9-12 years.Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are alike in appearance, different in character and in love with the same woman. In the midst of the French Revolution, Darnay, who has fled to London to escape the cruelty of the French nobility, must return to Paris to rescue his servant from death. But he endangers his own life and is captured. Carton may be able to help, but will his resemblance be enough to save Darnay's life?This is an abridged edition of the classic novel, designed for younger readers. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241736552
• ISBN 13: 9780241736555
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of 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, social anarchy, resurrection, and the renunciation that fosters renewal.