Vintage Classics Dickens Series / A Tale of Two Cities
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Vintage Classics Dickens Series: six beautifully tailored editions of Dickens' most beloved books
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The Vintage Classics Dickens Series: six beautifully tailored editions of Dickens' most beloved books
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Dickens' masterful tale of Paris, London, and revolution.It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay and the dissolute lawyer Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the French Revolution.
A beautiful and quirky collectible edition as part of the Vintage Classics Dickens series.
Also includes:
A Christmas Carol
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
Autoren-Porträt von Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was send to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had been taken to the debtors' prison. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Charles Dickens
- 2017, 448 Seiten, Maße: 15,1 x 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Vintage Classics
- ISBN-10: 1784873403
- ISBN-13: 9781784873400
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.01.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
It is really one of his best. There are passages so spattered with violence and blood that you look out for the red blotches on the page in front of you...brilliantly plotted A.N. Wilson Daily Telegraph
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