A Tale of Two Cities is a work by Charles Dickens that presents a portrait of the dichotomy between London and Paris during the French Revolution. It explores themes of resurrection, sacrifice, and the atrocities of mob rule.

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Preface

I: The Period

II: The Mail

III: The Night Shadows

IV: The Preparation

V: The Wine-Shop

VI: The Shoemaker

Book the First: Recalled to Life

I: Five Years Later

II: A Sight

III: A Disappointment

IV: Congratulatory

V: The Jackal

VI: Hundreds of People

VII: Monseigneur in Town

VIII: Monseigneur in the Country

IX: The Gorgon’s Head

X: Two Promises

XI: A Companion Picture

XII: The Fellow of Delicacy

XIII: The Fellow of No Delicacy

XIV: The Honest Tradesman

XV: Knitting

XVI: Still Knitting

XVII: One Night

XVIII: Nine Days

XIX: An Opinion

XX: A Plea

XXI: Echoing Footsteps

XXII: The Sea Still Rises

XXIII: Fire Rises

XXIV: Drawn to the Loadstone Rock

Book the Second: The Golden Thread

I: In Secret

II: The Grindstone

III: The Shadow

IV: Calm in Storm

V: The Wood-Sawyer

VI: Triumph

VII: A Knock at the Door

VIII: A Hand at Cards

IX: The Game Made

X: The Substance of the Shadow

XI: Dusk

XII: Darkness

XIII: Fifty-Two

XIV: The Knitting Done

XV: The Footsteps Die Out Forever

Book the Third: The Track of a Storm

A Tale of Two Cities

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