Books to Adopt

A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

by Charles Dickens Return to list Adopt this book

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.." Set during the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities displays the power of unrequited love and sees Sydney Carton making the ultimate sacrifice for the woman he loves but who loves another.

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