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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... wall , not far off , on which the peaches ripened in their season . The summer light struck into the corner brilliantly in the earlier part of the day ; but , when the streets grew hot , the corner was in shadow , though not in shadow ...
... wall , not far off , on which the peaches ripened in their season . The summer light struck into the corner brilliantly in the earlier part of the day ; but , when the streets grew hot , the corner was in shadow , though not in shadow ...
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... wall . " Show me the North Tower , " said Defarge . " Quick ! " " I will , faithfully , " replied the man , " if you will come with me . But there is no one there . " " What is the meaning of One Hun- dred and Five , North Tower ...
... wall . " Show me the North Tower , " said Defarge . " Quick ! " " I will , faithfully , " replied the man , " if you will come with me . But there is no one there . " " What is the meaning of One Hun- dred and Five , North Tower ...
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... wall , he knew , in the swell that rose above and also of clerks not at all old who them . danced in public on the slightest pro- vocation . Yet , a French Tellson's could get on with these things exceedingly well , and , as long as the ...
... wall , he knew , in the swell that rose above and also of clerks not at all old who them . danced in public on the slightest pro- vocation . Yet , a French Tellson's could get on with these things exceedingly well , and , as long as the ...
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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