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A Tale of Two Cities (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

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  • ISBN-13: 9781435136380
  • Publisher: Barnes & Noble
  • Publication date: 3/19/2012
  • Series: Barnes & Noble Signature Editions
  • Pages: 356
  • Sales rank: 212201
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens is probably the greatest novelist England ever produced. His innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life -- along with his memorable characters -- have made him beloved by readers the world over. In Dickens' books live some of the most repugnant villains in literature, as well as some of the most likeable (and unlikely) heroes.

Biography

Born on February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens was the second of eight children in a family burdened with financial troubles. Despite difficult early years, he became the most successful British writer of the Victorian age.

In 1824, young Charles was withdrawn from school and forced to work at a boot-blacking factory when his improvident father, accompanied by his mother and siblings, was sentenced to three months in a debtor's prison. Once they were released, Charles attended a private school for three years. The young man then became a solicitor's clerk, mastered shorthand, and before long was employed as a Parliamentary reporter. When he was in his early twenties, Dickens began to publish stories and sketches of London life in a variety of periodicals.

It was the publication of Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) that catapulted the twenty-five-year-old author to national renown. Dickens wrote with unequaled speed and often worked on several novels at a time, publishing them first in monthly installments and then as books. His early novels Oliver Twist (1837-1838), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-1839), The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1841), and A Christmas Carol (1843) solidified his enormous, ongoing popularity. As Dickens matured, his social criticism became increasingly biting, his humor dark, and his view of poverty darker still. David Copperfield (1849-1850), Bleak House (1852-1853), Hard Times (1854), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860-1861), and Our Mutual Friend (1864-1865) are the great works of his masterful and prolific period.

In 1858 Dickens's twenty-three-year marriage to Catherine Hogarth dissolved when he fell in love with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. The last years of his life were filled with intense activity: writing, managing amateur theatricals, and undertaking several reading tours that reinforced the public's favorable view of his work but took an enormous toll on his health. Working feverishly to the last, Dickens collapsed and died on June 8, 1870, leaving The Mystery of Edwin Drood uncompleted.

Author biography from the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of David Copperfield.

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    1. Also Known As:
      Charles John Huffam Dickens (full name) "Boz" (pen name)
    1. Date of Birth:
      Fri Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 1812
    2. Place of Birth:
      Portsmouth, England
    1. Date of Death:
      Sat Jun 18 00:00:00 EST 1870
    2. Place of Death:
      Gad's Hill, Kent, England

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2009

    Finally an unabridged reading!

    Excellently done!

    22 out of 27 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Tue Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2011

    Very good read

    The Tale of Two Cities is a very good book about the 1700's. The author uses fake characters to describe the life abd times there. This is an excellent book for those who want history but a little fun too. All in all, I would recommend this book.

    16 out of 20 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Fri Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2010

    more from this reviewer

    Timeless....another great book I blew off in High school

    Glad i finally grew up and started reading

    13 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2009

    Best Book I've Ever Read

    This is my favorite book of all time, I absolutely loved it from beginning to end. It made me cry and laugh out loud in class--even though I was supposed to be watching a movie or doing an assignment and got in trouble for reading. The plot was amazing, the characters were captivating and the narrative was entertaining. I love strong female characters and Madame Defarge was simply brilliant. But as awesome as she was, Sydney Carton was my favorite. Those last few chapters, I could not stop crying. My only complaint about this book is that there should have been more about him.

    11 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Wed May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    Excellent book!

    This is one of the best books I have ever read. The Penguin Classics edition offers detailed end-notes, as always. The only complaint I have with this edition, though, is that some of the end-notes revealed a bit of the plot. The story was not completely ruined, so it is not really a big deal. Overall, an excellent book.

    8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011

    Extremely poor scan

    You get what you pay for! This is a very crude version of the text, straight from a scan via OCR with no proofreading whatsoever. Spend the few bucks to get a version of this great book that you can actually read!

    7 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Sat May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2011

    A must read

    One of the best books ever written. It has withstood the test of time. Most worthy to be called a classic.

    5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Tue Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2011

    audiobook is not nook compatible

    The audiobook mentioned was a selling point for me. It isn't a file, but a text internet address on the very last page of the ebook that the nook does not recognize as a hyperlink. Apparently this guy Sam Ngo went and found the free ebook with illustrations and also found a free audiobook file on an archive website somewhere and wrote out the file's internet address on the last page of the book and epub'd it. You would have to look up the file online from your computer, download the audiobook and physically hook up your nook to transfer the file from your computer to your nook. So why pay this guy 1.99? Just go out and find the free files yourself. Probably deleting this.

    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sat Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012

    This version has too many typos to read

    Plesse rescan.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Mon Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2012

    Typos

    There are too many spelling errors in this book to even get past the 1st page, its not worth the space on your nook

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Thu Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2011

    Birthday gift.

    Best gift a friend could give. Thanks Spock.

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Fri Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2012

    Cool

    The first part was a little slow, but in the end, it was fabulous! A wonderful read, well written, perfect! A book defidently worth reading!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009

    A Fabulous Tale

    This is my first novel on CD and I have been thoroughly enjoying the experience. Of course, it helps that it is also my first Dickens novel. Every character comes to life in the descriptions and every scene is painted in my mind's eye as Dickens unfolds the story. The narator also does a wonderful job. Fantastic!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sun Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    OCR errors, but readable

    Harvard College Library copy, scanned as part of the Google project, has OCR text recognition issues. This is a fair copy of a great work, flawed by the OCR flaws. Wish Google had taken the time to edit it correctly.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Tue Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    3/26/13

    Charles dickens,very good.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sun Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2013

    Wow!

    This classic is deserving of the status. I would suggest reading along with notes, as the language can be a bit difficult to follow. I will read this again. Amazing.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sun Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2013

    DO NOT BUY!!!

    I am sure that a tale of two cities is a great book, but this version only has the first 48 pages! If you are the person who put this up, quit trying to make people pay their money for something unfinished and dumb. Fix this book or take it back. I want a refund.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sat Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2012

    The best book i have read in a while

    Should read very good book

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sun Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 2012

    Boring

    It wasboring

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2012

    Dont

    It wont even Dwonload

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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