A Tale of Two CitiesT.B.Peterson and brothers, 1859 Presents Dickens' classic novel of love, courage, and sacrifice set against the cataclysmic events of the French Revolution. During the French Revolution a sissolute English lawyer goes to th eguillotine to save a French aristocrat, husband of the woman he loves. |
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... Madame Defarge , his wife , sat in the shop behind the counter as he came in . Madame Defarge was a stout wo- man of about his own age , with a watchful eye that seldom seemed to look at any thing , a large hand heavily ringed , a ...
... Madame Defarge , his wife , sat in the shop behind the counter as he came in . Madame Defarge was a stout wo- man of about his own age , with a watchful eye that seldom seemed to look at any thing , a large hand heavily ringed , a ...
Page 102
... Madame Defarge in her seat , presiding over the distribution of wine , with a bowl of bat- tered small coins before her , as much defaced and beaten out of their original impress as the small coinage of human- ity from whose ragged ...
... Madame Defarge in her seat , presiding over the distribution of wine , with a bowl of bat- tered small coins before her , as much defaced and beaten out of their original impress as the small coinage of human- ity from whose ragged ...
Page 156
... madame , " answered Mr. Lorry ; " this is our poor prisoner's darling daughter , and only child . " The shadow attendant on Madame Defarge and her party seemed to fall so threatening and dark on the child , that her mother instinctively ...
... madame , " answered Mr. Lorry ; " this is our poor prisoner's darling daughter , and only child . " The shadow attendant on Madame Defarge and her party seemed to fall so threatening and dark on the child , that her mother instinctively ...
Contents
RECALLED TO LIFE I The Period CHAPTER | 23 |
The Mail | 24 |
THE FIGURES OF A HORSE AND RIDER CAME SLOWLY THROUGH THE EDDYING MIST | 26 |
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