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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Page 101
... Young Jerry , who had only made a feint of undressing when he went to bed , was not long after his father . Un- der cover of the darkness he followed out of the room , followed down the stairs , followed down the court , followed out ...
... Young Jerry , who had only made a feint of undressing when he went to bed , was not long after his father . Un- der cover of the darkness he followed out of the room , followed down the stairs , followed down the court , followed out ...
Page 102
... Young Jerry's turn to approach the gate which he did , hold- ing his breath . Crouching down again in a corner there , and looking in , he made out the three fishermen creeping through some rank grass ; and all the gravestones in the ...
... Young Jerry's turn to approach the gate which he did , hold- ing his breath . Crouching down again in a corner there , and looking in , he made out the three fishermen creeping through some rank grass ; and all the gravestones in the ...
Page 102
... Young Jerry walking with the stool under his arm at his father's side along sunny and crowded Fleet street , was a very different Young Jerry from him of the previous night , running home through darkness and solitude from his grim ...
... Young Jerry walking with the stool under his arm at his father's side along sunny and crowded Fleet street , was a very different Young Jerry from him of the previous night , running home through darkness and solitude from his grim ...
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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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