A tale of two cities
(CD Unabridged)
Author:
Contributors:
Published:
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, 1986.
Format:
CD Unabridged
Edition:
Unabridged.
Physical Desc:
12 audio discs (13.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure:
790L
Status:
Description
Novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 1859. The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution. Although Dickens borrowed from Thomas Carlyle's history, The French Revolution, for his sprawling tale of London and revolutionary Paris, the novel offers more drama than accuracy. The scenes of large-scale mob violence are especially vivid, if superficial in historical understanding. The complex plot involves Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life on behalf of his friends Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette. While political events drive the story, Dickens takes a decidedly antipolitical tone, lambasting both aristocratic tyranny and revolutionary excess--the latter memorably caricatured in Madame Defarge, who knits beside the guillotine. The book is perhaps best known for its opening lines, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," and for Carton's last speech, in which he says of his replacing Darnay in a prison cell, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known." -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Eagle River Audiobooks
AV/CD DIC
Available
Dec 14, 2019
Superior Fiction Audiobooks
CD FIC DIC
Available
Aug 3, 2022
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
1428108343, 9781428108349
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 9.7, 27 Points
Level 9.7, 27 Points
Lexile measure:
790
Notes
General Note
Originally published in 1868.
Participants/Performers
Performed by Frank Muller.
Description
The inhabitants of two cities--including a doctor, his devoted daughter, the young French aristocrat she loves, and their English friend--are swept into the tide of the French Revolution.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Dickens, C., & Muller, F. (1986). A tale of two cities. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, MD, Recorded Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 and Frank Muller. 1986. A Tale of Two Cities. Prince Frederick, MD, Recorded Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 and Frank Muller, A Tale of Two Cities. Prince Frederick, MD, Recorded Books, 1986.
MLA Citation (style guide)Dickens, Charles and Frank Muller. A Tale of Two Cities. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, MD, Recorded Books, 1986.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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Grouped Work ID:
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