A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. 'Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!' Described by Dickens as 'the best story I have written', "A Tale of Two Cities" interweaves thrilling historical drama with heartbreaking personal tragedy. It vividly depicts a revolutionary Paris running red with blood, and a London where the poor starve. In the midst of the chaos two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a dissolute English lawyer - are both redeemed and condemned by their love for the same woman, as the shadow of La Guillotine draws closer..."The Penguin English Library" - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. z kategorie Knihy | Cizojazyčná literatura | English literature | Fiction and Literature | Fiction od Slovart naleznete ne e-shopu KnihyDobrovsky.cz! Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine! After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr. Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens od authora Charles Dickens a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus.cz Autor : Charles Dickens, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, A Tale of Two Cities, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 460