Author: DICKENS Charles
Title: A tale of two cities
- Place of publication: London
- Year of publication: before 1890
- Publisher: Chapman and hall
- Number of pages: [8], 176
- Illustrations, maps: f. plates 1, illustrations in the text (woodcuts)
- Size: 25.5 cm
- Binding: publisher's hardback with gilt on front and spine
- Condition: minor rubbing/soiling of binding
Description:
A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, published in episodes in the weekly "All the Year Round" in 1859. The work is set from 1775 until the French Revolution. It tells the story of the fate of Frenchman Charles Darnay and Englishman Sydney Carton, against the backdrop of two cities - Paris and London. It is one of the best-selling books of all time - more than 200 million pieces have been sold.
The edition is illustrated by Fred Barnard (1846-1896) English illustrator, caricaturist.