Tale of Two Cities

With his sublime parting words It is a far far better thing that I do than I have ever done... Sidney Carton joins that exhalted group of Dickensian characters who have earned a permanent place in the popular literary imagination. His dramatic story set against the volcanic fury of the French Revolution and pervaded by the ominous rumble of the death carts trundling toward the guillotine is the heart-stirring tale of a heroic soul in an age gone mad. A masterful pageant of idealism love and adventure -- in a Paris bursting with revolutionary frenzy and a London alive with anxious anticipation -- <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i> is one of Dickens's most energetic and exciting works.