A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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- English
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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Explore Dickens' classic tale of order and disorder, death and resurrection with A Tale of Two Cities.
Taking place in London and Paris in the eighteenth century, in the years leading up to and during the French Revolution, Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is one of injustice, revenge, rebirth, love, and sacrifice.
Originally published in thirty-one weekly installments in 1859, this novel is uncharacteristic for Dickens as it lacks comic relief, as well as a protagonist, though London and Paris are considered to be the true protagonists of the story. The turbulence found in this epic tale is also believed to reflect the turmoil in Dickens' personal life at the time. Complete and unabridged, A Tale of Two Cities is an essential collectible that is both elegant and portable and features a new introduction by Brian Bartell. The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the works of classic authors from around the world in stunning gift editions to be collected and enjoyed.
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLES DICKENS
1812 | 7 February | Charles John Huffam Dickens is born to John and Elizabeth Barrow Dickens at Landport in the Portsea Island section of Portsmouth |
1813 | Jane Austenâs Pride and Prejudice is published by Thomas Egerton, Whitehall, London | |
1815 | 18 June | Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo by the combined armies of the Seventh Coalition |
1816 | The Dickens family moves to Chatham to be close to the Naval Yard where John Dickens works as a clerk in the pay office | |
1818 | Mary Shelleyâs Frankenstein is published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, Finsbury Square, London | |
1820 | 29 January | King George III dies and is succeeded by George IV |
1821 | John Dickens loses his job due to reforms in the Admiralty, and the family moves to Camden Town, London | |
1823 | The British Museum is rebuilt and expanded | |
1824 | 2 February | John Dickens is arrested for debt and sent to Marshalsea Debtors Prison Charles is sent to Warrenâs Blacking Factory at Hungerford Market and is put to work to help pay off the familyâs debt |
28 May | John Dickens is released from prison and the family returns to Camden Town, though Charles is left to work through the summer at a blacking (dye) factory | |
Fall | Charles returns home and attends a day school on Hempstead Road, London | |
1825 | Fall | Charles is sent to Wellington House Academy in Camden Town |
27 September | The first passenger steam train trip is made between Stockton and Darlington in Durham, England | |
1827 | May | Charles takes a position as a junior clerk at a law office in Holborn Court, Greyâs Inn, London |
1828 | 22 January | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, is elected prime minister |
November | Charles leaves the law firm to become a freelance court reporter at Doctorâs Commons Courts, London | |
1829 | June | Robert Peel establishes Londonâs Metropolitan Police |
1830 | 26 June | King George IV dies and is succeeded by his brother, William IV Maria Beadnellâs parents respond to Charlesâs ardor for their daughter by sending her to school in Paris, thereby ending the relationship a few years later |
1831 | Dickens is taken on by the Morning Chronicle as a political journalist to report on election campaigns and the demonstrations in favor of the Great Reform Act | |
1832 | 4 June | The Great Reform Act becomes law, enfranchising about five hundred thousand new voters |
1833 | Dickensâs first story to be published, âDinner on Poplar Walk,â appears in the London periodical Monthly Magazine | |
1834 | Dickens adopts the pseudonym âBozâ Dickensâs friend, editor of the Evening Chronicle George Hogarth, introduces him to his daughter Catherine | |
1835 | March | Dickens and Catherine are engaged |
1836 | February | Dickensâs collection of previously published short stories, Sketches by Boz, is published by John Macrone, London |
30 March | The initial installment of Dickensâs first novel, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, is published by Chap... |