The classic, definitive, world-famous Nonesuch Press edition of 1937, finally available again and bound in leather and linen. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Contemporary writers only wish they had the amazing ability to create magnificent unlikely heroes and fantastic characters whose flame of eternal hope burned against an all consuming darkness. No other writer could place you so deeply into the mind of a tyrannical boss such as Ebenezer Scrooge or imbue the viciousness of a violent revolutionary the likes of Madame Defarge. For no one could so completely transport you to the mean filthy streets of Oliver Twist’s London or the horror and dread of The Reign of Terror in that unfortunate tale of London and Paris in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. Anon, you found yourself immersed in the incredible classic writings of Charles Dickens. Your mind was transformed and you began to yearn for the great stories that could only be told by the true masters. As the years accumulated, you garnered wisdom and spirituality as you aged and you gathered far greater literary acumen. Having satisfactorily completed the requirements of that difficult semester, you vowed to never again read classic English literature. In your despair, you struggled, endeavored and persevered to reach the conclusion of the classic novel. You were immediately confounded by the perplexity of the story and confused by the language of the times. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, those days in which your English Literature professor ordered you to read “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. Brilliantly plotted, the novel is rich in drama, romance, and heroics that culminate in a daring prison escape in the shadow of the guillotine. It is a coincidence that saves Darnay from certain doom more than once. Strangely enough, Darnay bears an uncanny resemblance to another man in the courtroom, the dissolute lawyer's clerk Sydney Carton.
As fate would have it though, the pair are summoned to the Old Bailey to testify against a young Frenchman - Charles Darnay - falsely accused of treason. It would seem that they could take up the threads of their lives in peace.
Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported from France to England. Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. It was the time of the French Revolution - a time of great change and great danger.
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