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A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met.
Barsad is described in Book 2, Chapter 3 of A Tale of Two Cities as "one of the greatest scoundrels upon the earth since accursed Judas-which he certainly did look rather like." This is a direct reference to Judas Iscariot , the man who betrayed Jesus Christ in the Bible, and is explaining that Barsad is a very untrustworthy man.
A Tale of Two Cities. With an Introduction and Notes by Gillen D'Arcy Wood. New York: Barnes & Nobles Classics (2003) ISBN 978-1-59308-055-6; Doris Y. Kadish, Politicizing Gender: Narrative Strategies in the Aftermath of the French Revolution (Rutgers University Press, 1991), .
Jarvis Lorry is one of the oldest employees of Tellson's Bank, and he frequently deals with the bank's offices in London and Paris.He is a confirmed bachelor and a man of business, describing himself as not much else than a speaking machine.
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Found this summary on the page pertaining to Joan Cusack; don't know how it got there. If anyone wants to incorporate this content, it belongs here. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” Dickens writes in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities as he paints a picture of life in England and France. The year is late 1775 ...
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Tales from Two Cities: Travel of Another Sort is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy. [1] [2] It was first published by John Murray in 1987. [3] Summary