A Tale of Two Cities

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Novel | Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities Main Text Part One (Book the First—Recalled to Life)

Book the First—Recalled to Life CHAPTER I. The Period It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the ep...
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A Tale of Two Cities Main Text Part Two (Book the Second—the Golden Thread)

Book the Second—the Golden Thread CHAPTER I. Five Years Later Tellson’s Bank by Temple Bar was an old-fashioned place, even in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty. It...
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A Tale of Two Cities Main Text Part Three (Book the Third—the Track of a Storm)

Book the Third—the Track of a Storm CHAPTER I. In Secret The traveller fared slowly on his way, who fared towards Paris from England in the autumn of the year one thousand seven...
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