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A Tale of Two Cities (version 2)

by Charles DICKENS (1812 - 1870)

Bk2 Ch16 - Still Knitting

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

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Listen next episodes of A Tale of Two Cities (version 2):
Bk2 Ch17 - One Night , Bk2 Ch18 - Nine Days , Bk2 Ch19 - An Opinion , Bk2 Ch20 - A Plea , Bk2 Ch21 - Echoing Footsteps , Bk2 Ch22 - The Sea Still Rises , Bk2 Ch23 - Fire Rises , Bk2 Ch24 - Drawn to the Loadstone Rock , Bk3 Ch01 - In Secret , Bk3 Ch02 - The Grindstone , Bk3 Ch03 - The Shadow , Bk3 Ch04 - Calm in Storm , Bk3 Ch05 - The Wood Sawyer , Bk3 Ch06 - Triumph , Bk3 Ch07 - A Knock at the Door , Bk3 Ch08 - A Hand at Cards , Bk3 Ch09 - The Game Made , Bk3 Ch10 - The Substance of the Shadow , Bk3 Ch11 - Dusk , Bk3 Ch12 - Darkness , Bk3 Ch13 - Fifty-two , Bk3 Ch14 - The Knitting Done , Bk3 Ch15 - The Footsteps Die Out For Ever