A Tale of Two Cities

Author: Charles Dickens
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
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In 1775, in a room on the second floor of a tavern in Paris, sat an elderly man with white hair, busy making shoes. He had been a prisoner in the Bastille for 18 years. Now a free man, he did not know his own name or recognize his friends. All he knew was that he must continue making shoes. On a journey to Paris sat Lucie, his daughter, whom he had never met. Lucie brought her father back to London, and under her love and care, he forgot his past and learned to live again as a free man. However, during the stormy days of the French Revolution, the past neither faded nor was forgotten. Soon, the dangerous secret of the past drew Lucie and those she loved back to Paris, where the terrifying death machine—the guillotine—hungered for the enemies of France.
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest writers of Britain. Born in Portsmouth in 1812 and died in 1870. He came from a poor background, but after a childhood, he quickly became wealthy and successful. Among his many famous novels are Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Christmas Carol.