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A Tale of Two Cities (version 2)

by Charles DICKENS (1812 - 1870)

Bk3 Ch04 - Calm in Storm

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):
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