It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. One of only two historical novels written by Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities is an epic story of duality, revolution and resurrection in London and Paris through the economic and political unrest leading up to and during the French Revolution. Demoralised and oppressed by the aristocracy, the French peasantry are driven to revolt; as the grip of power begins to loosen, their desperation and hate turns to brutal violence and the silent drop of the guillotine blade.

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