《A Tale of Two Cities》作者：Charles Dickens【EPUB】

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Includes an introduction by Sir John Shuckburgh. Novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 1859. The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution. Although Dickens borrowed from Thomas Carlyle's history, The French Revolution, for his sprawling tale of London and revolutionary Paris, the novel offers more drama than accuracy. The scenes of large-scale mob violence are especially vivid, if superficial in historical understanding. The complex plot involves Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life on behalf of his friends Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette. While political events drive the story, Dickens takes a decidedly antipolitical tone, lambasting both aristocratic tyranny and revolutionary excess--the latter memorably caricatured in Madame Defarge, who knits beside the guillotine. The book is perhaps best known for its opening lines, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," and for Carton's last speech, in which he says of his replacing Darnay in a prison cell, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known." -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

【作者简介】：
Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

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本书包括约翰·舒克伯勒爵士的序言。查尔斯·狄更斯的小说，1859年以连载和书籍形式出版。故事背景设定在18世纪末的法国大革命时期。尽管狄更斯在讲述伦敦和巴黎革命的宏大故事时借鉴了托马斯·卡莱尔的史书《法国大革命》，但这部小说提供了更多戏剧性而非准确性。大规模群众暴力的场景尤为生动，但在历史理解上却流于表面。复杂的情节涉及悉尼·卡尔顿为朋友查尔斯·达内和露西·马内特牺牲自己的生命。虽然政治事件推动了故事的发展，但狄更斯明显采取了反政治的基调，痛斥贵族暴政和革命过激行为——后者在德伐日夫人这个角色中得到了生动的讽刺，她一边编织一边看着断头台。这本书可能最著名的是其开篇名句这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代，以及卡尔顿的最后演讲，他说道：我做的比以往任何时候都要好得多；我要去的休息也比以往任何时候都要好得多。”——《韦氏文学百科全书》
【作者简介】：
查尔斯·约翰·休姆·狄更斯（1812-1870）是一位作家和社会评论家，他创作了一些世界上最著名的虚构人物，被认为是维多利亚时代的伟大小说家。他的作品在他的一生中享有空前的人气，并且通过……