A Tale of Two Cities

Life and Background of the Author.

Introduction to the Novel.

Critical Commentaries.

Book the First--Recalled to Life.

Chapter 1--The Period.

Chapter 2--The Mail.

Chapter 3--The Night Shadows.

Chapter 4--The Preparation.

Chapter 5--The Wine-shop.

Chapter 6--The Shoemaker.

Book the Second--The Golden Thread.

Chapter 1--Five Years Later.

Chapter 2--A Sight.

Chapter 3--A Disappointment.

Chapter 4--Congratulatory.

Chapter 5--The Jackal.

Chapter 6--Hundreds of People.

Chapter 7--Monseigneur in Town.

Chapter 8--Monseigneur in the Country.

Chapter 9--The Gorgon's Head.

Chapter 10--Two Promises.

Chapter 11--A Companion Picture.

Chapter 12--The Fellow of Delicacy.

Chapter 13--The Fellow of No Delicacy.

Chapter 14--The Honest Tradesman.

Chapter 15--Knitting.

Chapter 16--Still Knitting.

Chapter 17--One Night.

Chapter 18--Nine Days.

Chapter 19--An Opinion.

Chapter 20--A Plea.

Chapter 21--Echoing Footsteps.

Chapter 22--The Sea Still Rises.

Chapter 23--Fire Rises.

Chapter 24--Drawn to the Loadstone Rock.

Book the Third--The Track of a Storm.

Chapter 1--In Secret.

Chapter 2--The Grindstone.

Chapter 3--The Shadow.

Chapter 4--Calm in Storm.

Chapter 5--The Wood-Sawyer.

Chapter 6--Triumph.

Chapter 7--A Knock at the Door.

Chapter 8--A Hand at Cards.

Chapter 9--The Game Made.

Chapter 10--The Substance of the Shadow.

Chapter 11--Dusk.

Chapter 12--Darkness.

Chapter 13--Fifty-two.

Chapter 14--The Knitting Done.

Chapter 15--The Footsteps Die Out Forever.

Character Analyses.

Critical Essays.

CliffsNotes Review.

CliffsNotes Resource Center.

Index.