A Tale of Two Cities

Author: Charles Dickens
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Foreign Classic Novel Reading·Second Batch. On one evening in 1757, the famous French surgeon Dr. Manette was forced by the Marquis Evremonde to treat two dying siblings. During the treatment, he discovered that the siblings, originally noble tenant farmers, had been driven to death by the Marquis. Out of anger, he wrote a letter of accusation to the authorities. That very day, the letter fell into the hands of the Marquis. To silence him, he was sent to the Bastille and held in solitary confinement for 18 years. Want to know what happened 18 years later? Then keep reading.