A Tale of Two Cities

Historical

Author: Charles Dickens

Librarian’s note: There are Alternate Cover Editions for this edition of this book here (Andrew Betsis ELT edition), here, here, here and here.,,Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Senior Lecturer in English, Canterbury Christ Church University College This novel traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the T….Read More

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