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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... round room , in one of the chateau's four extinguisher- topped towers ; a small lofty room , with its window wide open , and the wooden jalousie - blinds closed , so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black ...
... round room , in one of the chateau's four extinguisher- topped towers ; a small lofty room , with its window wide open , and the wooden jalousie - blinds closed , so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black ...
Page 146
... round his wrist . In this state they set forth , with the sharp rain driving in their faces : clattering at a heavy dragoon trot over the un- even town pavement , and out upon the mire - deep roads . In this state they traversed without ...
... round his wrist . In this state they set forth , with the sharp rain driving in their faces : clattering at a heavy dragoon trot over the un- even town pavement , and out upon the mire - deep roads . In this state they traversed without ...
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... round to the December month , wherein her father walked among the terrors with a steady head . On a lightly snowing after- noon she arrived at the usual corner . It was a day of some wild rejoicing , and a festival . She had seen the ...
... round to the December month , wherein her father walked among the terrors with a steady head . On a lightly snowing after- noon she arrived at the usual corner . It was a day of some wild rejoicing , and a festival . She had seen the ...
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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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