{"product_id":"a-tale-of-two-cities-paperback-2","title":"A Tale of Two Cities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrederick Busch\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eA. N. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe French Revolution comes to vivid life in Charles Dickens's famous novel about the best of times and the worst of times...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe storming of the Bastille...the death carts with their doomed human cargo...the swift drop of the guillotine blade--this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in his famous work \u003ci\u003eA Tale of Two Cities\u003c\/i\u003e. With dramatic eloquence, he brings to life a time of terror and treason, a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. With insight and compassion, Dickens casts his novel of unforgettable scenes with some memorable characters: the sinister Madame Defarge, knitting her patterns of death; the gentle Lucie Manette, unswerving in her devotion to her broken father; Charles Darnay, the lover with a secret past; and dissolute Sydney Carton, whose unlikely heroism gives his life meaning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Frederick Busch \u003cbr\u003eand an Afterword by A. N. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child, \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (1812-70) came to know not only hunger and privation, but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A surprise legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and slave factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling. He taught himself shorthand and worked as a parliamentary reporter until his writing career took off with the publication of \u003ci\u003eSketches by Boz\u003c\/i\u003e (1836) and \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e (1837). As a novelist and magazine editor, Dickens had a long run of serialized success through \u003ci\u003eOur Mutual Friend\u003c\/i\u003e (1864-65). In later years, ill health slowed him down, but he continued his popular dramatic readings from his fiction to an adoring public, which included Queen Victoria. At his death, \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood\u003c\/i\u003e remained unfinished. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistinguished writer, teacher, and critic \u003cb\u003eFrederick Busch\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of more than twenty works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eNorth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mutual Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about Charles Dickens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. N. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he has held a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. Among his acclaimed biographies are \u003ci\u003eLives\u003c\/i\u003e of Sir Walter Scott (John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), Tolstoy (Whitbread Award for Biography), C.S. Lewis, Hilaire Belloc, and Iris Murdoch. \u003ci\u003eThe Victorians\u003c\/i\u003e, his study of the Victorian Age, and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Victorians\u003c\/i\u003e, were both published to widest critical acclaim, and he is the award-winning author of such novels as \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Legion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Healing Art\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 6.74 x 4.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tale of Two Cities (Unabridged)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52407034904881,"sku":"9780451530578","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/L0l6eGFMd3o4dzlqQTFCY3RabUxFUT09.webp?v=1768950261","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/a-tale-of-two-cities-paperback-2","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}