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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... street , full of offense and stench , with other narrow winding streets diverging , all peopled by rags and nightcaps , and all smelling of rags and nightcaps , and all visible things with a brooding look upon them that looked ill . In ...
... street , full of offense and stench , with other narrow winding streets diverging , all peopled by rags and nightcaps , and all smelling of rags and nightcaps , and all visible things with a brooding look upon them that looked ill . In ...
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... streets from Clerken- well , where he lived , on his way to dine with the Doctor . After several relapses into business - absorption , Mr. Lorry had become the Doctor's friend , and the quiet street - corner was the sunny part of his ...
... streets from Clerken- well , where he lived , on his way to dine with the Doctor . After several relapses into business - absorption , Mr. Lorry had become the Doctor's friend , and the quiet street - corner was the sunny part of his ...
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... streets were quiet , and the. " I should like to ask you : Does your childhood seem far off ? Do the days when you sat at your mother's knee , seem days of very long ago ? " Responding to his softened manner , Mr. Lorry answered ...
... streets were quiet , and the. " I should like to ask you : Does your childhood seem far off ? Do the days when you sat at your mother's knee , seem days of very long ago ? " Responding to his softened manner , Mr. Lorry answered ...
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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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