A Tale of Two Cities

Informationen zum Autor Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth, where his father worked as a clerk. Living in London in 1824, Dickens was sent by his family to work in a blacking-warehouse, and his father was arrested and imprisoned for debt. Fortunes improved and Dickens returned to school, eventually becoming a parliamentary reporter. His first piece of fiction was published by a magazine in December 1832, and by 1836 he had begun his first novel, The Pickwick Papers . He focused his career on writing, completing fourteen highly successful novels, as well as penning journalism, shorter fiction and travel books. He died in 1870. Zusammenfassung A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens's most exciting books, set against the backdrop of the French revolution, in which two generations struggle against the injustices of first a corrupt aristocracy and then the mindless rule of the mob. Illustrated by H K Browne 'Phiz', with an Afterword by Sam Gilpin.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Dickens
• Publisher: Collector's Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2003
• EAN: 9781904633068
• ISBN: 978-1-904633-06-8
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 158 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature