A tale of two cities
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French > England > London > Fiction. Fathers and daughters > Fiction. Lookalikes > Fiction. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Fiction. Paris (France) > History > 1789-1799 > Fiction. London (England) > History > 18th century > Fiction. |
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- ISBN: 0792776801
- ISBN: 9780792776802
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Physical Description
sound disc
12 audio discs (14 hr., 21 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher North Kingstown, RI : AudioGO, [2009]
- Copyright ℗2009
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General Note: | Compact discs. Complete and unabridged. "Sound Library"--Container. "BBC Audiobooks America"--Disc sleeves. Indexed at the beginning of each chapter and at appropriate intervals. "This recording includes a companion eBook in printable PDF format"--Container. All discs in permanent container. GMD: compact disc. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Martin Jarvis. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 61.39 |
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A Tale of Two Cities
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Summary
A Tale of Two Cities
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the French Revolution. Unjustly imprisoned for years in the Bastille, Dr. Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported from France to England where they hope to return to their quiet lives. However, they are summoned to the Old Bailey in the trial of Charles Darnay, a young Frenchman falsely accused of treason. Strangely enough, Darnay bears an uncanny resemblance to another man in the courtroom: Sydney Carton, a dissolute barrister. It is a coincidence that saves Darnay from certain doom more than once. The storming of the Bastille, the death carts with their doomed human cargo, and Madame Defarge, who knits beside the guillotine, are portrayed with drama, romance, and heroics that culminate in a daring prison escape in the shadow of the guillotine.