A Tale of Two Cities

<p>A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickensset in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantrydemoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolutionthe corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries towards the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolutionand many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same period.It follows the lives of several characters through these events.With sales of over 200 million copiesA tale of two Cities is the biggest selling novel in history.</p>