A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, published by Barnes & Noble Classics in 2021, is a significant work that explores the tumultuous period of the French Revolution. This edition, consisting of 590 pages, is designed to provide both students and general readers with a comprehensive understanding of the text, featuring thoughtful design and various extras that enhance the reading experience.
Readers will find that this edition includes new introductions from contemporary writers and scholars, as well as biographies, chronologies, and footnotes that contextualize the narrative. The book delves into themes of love, revenge, and sacrifice, centered around the character of Sydney Carton, whose journey unfolds against the backdrop of historical upheaval. With its rich array of supplementary materials, this edition aims to deepen the reader’s engagement with Dickens’s exploration of human resilience and moral complexity during one of history’s most explosive eras.
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A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
- New introductions commissioned from today’s top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader’s viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader’s understanding of these enduring works. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into one of history’s most explosive eras—the French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the novel’s hero, Sydney Carton, a lazy, alcoholic attorney who, inspired by a woman, makes the supreme sacrifice on the bloodstained streets of Paris.
One of Dickens’s most exciting novels, A Tale of Two Cities is a stirring classic of love, revenge, and resurrection.
Gillen D’Arcy Wood received his Ph.D in English from Columbia University in 2000 and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 1760–1860.
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