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A Tale of Two Cities

By Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

This is a complete, standalone TEI edition whose own hierarchy is preserved; translations are not forced into artificial chapter-by-chapter alignment.

English

A Tale of Two Cities

45 reading units

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Contents

  1. Book the First—Recalled to Life
    1. Chapter I. The Period
    2. Chapter II. The Mail
    3. Chapter III. The Night Shadows
    4. Chapter IV. The Preparation
    5. Chapter V. The Wine-Shop
    6. Chapter VI. The Shoemaker
  2. Book the Second—The Golden Thread
    1. Chapter I. Five Years Later
    2. Chapter II. A Sight
    3. Chapter III. A Disappointment
    4. Chapter IV. Congratulatory
    5. Chapter V. The Jackal
    6. Chapter VI. Hundreds of People
    7. Chapter VII. Monseigneur in Town
    8. Chapter VIII. Monseigneur in the Country
    9. Chapter IX. The Gorgon’s Head
    10. Chapter X. Two Promises
    11. Chapter XI. A Companion Picture
    12. Chapter XII. The Fellow of Delicacy
    13. Chapter XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy
    14. Chapter XIV. The Honest Tradesman
    15. Chapter XV. Knitting
    16. Chapter XVI. Still Knitting
    17. Chapter XVII. One Night
    18. Chapter XVIII. Nine Days
    19. Chapter XIX. An Opinion
    20. Chapter XX. A Plea
    21. Chapter XXI. Echoing Footsteps
    22. Chapter XXII. The Sea Still Rises
    23. Chapter XXIII. Fire Rises
    24. Chapter XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
  3. Book the Third—The Track of a Storm
    1. Chapter I. In Secret
    2. Chapter II. The Grindstone
    3. Chapter III. The Shadow
    4. Chapter IV. Calm in Storm
    5. Chapter V. The Wood-Sawyer
    6. Chapter VI. Triumph
    7. Chapter VII. A Knock at the Door
    8. Chapter VIII. A Hand at Cards
    9. Chapter IX. The Game Made
    10. Chapter X. The Substance of the Shadow
    11. Chapter XI. Dusk
    12. Chapter XII. Darkness
    13. Chapter XIII. Fifty-Two
    14. Chapter XIV. The Knitting Done
    15. Chapter XV. The Footsteps Die Out for Ever