A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Dickens' greatest historical novel, traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyle's great work - The French Revolution.
'The best story I have written' was Dickens' own verdict on A Tale of Two Cities, and the reader is unlikely to disagree with this judgement of a story which combines historical fact with the author's unsurpassed genius for poignant tales of human suffering, self-sacrifice, and redemption.
by Charles Dickens
Target Age: 8-12
Wordsworth Editions
Pub Date: May 05, 1993
ISBN: 9781853260391
0.8" H x 7.7" L x 4.9" W
352 pages
paperback