A Tale of Two Cities

In the midst of the chaos two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a dissolute English lawyer - are both redeemed and condemned by their love for the same woman, as the shadow of La Guillotine draws closer...

Charles Dickens (1812-70) had his first, astounding success with his first novel The Pickwick Papers and never looked back. In an extraordinarily full life he wrote, campaigned and spoke on a huge range of issues, and was involved in many of the key aspects of Victorian life, by turns cajoling, moving and irritating. He completed fourteen full-length novels and volume after volume of journalism. His thirteenth novel, A Tale of Two Cities is one of his most famous works.

The Pickwick Papers , Oliver Twist , Nicholas Nickleby , The Old Curiosity Shop , Barnaby Rudge , A Christmas Carol , Martin Chuzzlewit , Dombey and Son , David Copperfield , Bleak House , Hard Times , Little Dorrit , Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend and The Mystery of Edwin Drood are also published in the Penguin English Library.