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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
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Inside this work
- 01Front matter~2 min
- 02CHAPTER I. The Period~7 min
- 03CHAPTER II. The Mail~13 min
- 04CHAPTER III. The Night Shadows~11 min
- 05CHAPTER IV. The Preparation — part 1~25 min
- 06CHAPTER IV. The Preparation — part 2~3 min
- 07CHAPTER V. The Wine-shop — part 1~25 min
- 08CHAPTER V. The Wine-shop — part 2~2 min
- 09CHAPTER VI. The Shoemaker — part 1~25 min
- 10CHAPTER VI. The Shoemaker — part 2~2 min
- 11CHAPTER I. Five Years Later~15 min
- 12CHAPTER II. A Sight~15 min
- 13CHAPTER III. A Disappointment — part 1~24 min
- 14CHAPTER III. A Disappointment — part 2~7 min
- 15CHAPTER IV. Congratulatory~15 min
- 16CHAPTER V. The Jackal~14 min
- 17CHAPTER VI. Hundreds of People — part 1~25 min
- 18CHAPTER VI. Hundreds of People — part 2~4 min
- 19CHAPTER VII. Monseigneur in Town~21 min
- 20CHAPTER VIII. Monseigneur in the Country~12 min
- 21CHAPTER IX. The Gorgon’s Head — part 1~25 min
- 22CHAPTER IX. The Gorgon’s Head — part 2~1 min
- 23CHAPTER X. Two Promises~19 min
- 24CHAPTER XI. A Companion Picture~9 min
- 25CHAPTER XII. The Fellow of Delicacy~17 min
- 26CHAPTER XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy~12 min
- 27CHAPTER XIV. The Honest Tradesman~25 min
- 28CHAPTER XV. Knitting — part 1~25 min
- 29CHAPTER XV. Knitting — part 2~2 min
- 30CHAPTER XVI. Still Knitting~25 min
A few words to begin
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.
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