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A Tale of Two Cities

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Charles Dickens Biography

Charles Dickens' Career Highlights

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Book the First: Chapter 1: The Period
Book the First: Chapter 2: The Mail
Book the First: Chapter 3: The Night Shadows
Book the First: Chapter 4: The Preparation
Book the First: Chapter 5: The Wine-shop
Book the First: Chapter 6: The Shoemaker
Book the Second: Chapter 1: Five Years Later
Book the Second: Chapter 2: A Sight
Book the Second: Chapter 3: A Disappointment
Book the Second: Chapter 4: Congratulatory
Book the Second: Chapter 5: The Jackal
Book the Second: Chapter 6: Hundreds of People
Book the Second: Chapter 7: Monseigneur in Town
Book the Second: Chapter 8: Monseigneur in the Country
Book the Second: Chapter 9: The Gorgon's Head
Book the Second: Chapter 10: Two Promises
Book the Second: Chapter 11: A Companion Picture
Book the Second: Chapter 12: The Fellow of Delicacy
Book the Second: Chapter 13: The Fellow of No Delicacy
Book the Second: Chapter 14: The Honest Tradesman
Book the Second: Chapter 15: Knitting
Book the Second: Chapter 16: Still Knitting
Book the Second: Chapter 17: One Night
Book the Second: Chapter 18: Nine Days
Book the Second: Chapter 19: An Opinion
Book the Second: Chapter 20: A Plea
Book the Second: Chapter 21: Echoing Footsteps
Book the Second: Chapter 22: The Sea Still Rises
Book the Second: Chapter 23: Fire Rises
Book the Second: Chapter 24: Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
Book the Third: Chapter 1: In Secret
Book the Third: Chapter 2: The Grindstone
Book the Third: Chapter 3: The Shadow
Book the Third: Chapter 4: Calm in Storm
Book the Third: Chapter 5: The Wood-Sawyer
Book the Third: Chapter 6: Triumph
Book the Third: Chapter 7: A Knock at the Door
Book the Third: Chapter 8: A Hand at Cards
Book the Third: Chapter 9: The Game Made
Book the Third: Chapter 10: The Substance of the Shadow
Book the Third: Chapter 11: Dusk
Book the Third: Chapter 12: Darkness
Book the Third: Chapter 13: Fifty-two
Book the Third: Chapter 14: The Knitting Done
Book the Third: Chapter 15: The Footsteps Die Out Forever

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Doctor Alexandre Manette
Lucie Manette, later Darnay
Charles Darnay
Sydney Carton
Therese Defarge
Ernest Defarge
Jerry Cruncher

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Women in A Tale of Two Cities
The French Revolution and A Tale of Two Cities

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Book the Third: Chapter 8: A Hand at Cards

cavalier a gallant or courteous gentleman; originally, a knight.

spencer a short jacket that ends at the waist.

a cant word a term from the secret slang of beggars, thieves, and the like.

tergiversation the use of evasions or subterfuge.

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