A Tale of Two Cities (Record no. 14753)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9788171674077
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Classification number 823
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Personal name Charles Dickens
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A Tale of Two Cities
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication NEW DELHI
Name of publisher RUPA PUBLICATIONS
Year of publication 2024
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 416
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc First published in 1859, during Dickens' mature period of writing, A Tale of Two Cities remains one of the greatest novels on the French Revolution. The two cities are Paris and London and the scene shifts from one to the other in a story of brutality, repression, hatred and revenge on the one hand and idealism, love and self-sacrifice on the other. The Marquis de St Evremonde, along with his brother, cruelly molests a peasant girl and mortally wounds her brother. Dr Manette is called to treat them, but is then confined in the Bastille for eighteen years to suppress his evidence. The fall of the dreaded prison secures his release, but he is ill and driven to madness. He is brought to England to convalesce and slowly regains his sanity. Darnay, a nephew of the Marquis who has renounced his family for their cruel practices, is now in England and falls in love with and marries Lucie, the doctor's daughter.He makes a trip to Paris to rescue an old family retainer, but is recognized, arrested and sentenced to death. He is only saved by an act of reckless self-sacrifice by Sydney Carton, an English barrister come to no good, who loves Lucie and substitutes himself in the place of Darnay who is smuggled out of the country. Carton dies a courageous and peaceful death.
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Topical Term English
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Koha item type Books
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Permanent Location Current Location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
KMM Library KMM Library English 11/13/2024 Amazon 250.00 823 DIC/T 15214 Books