
A Tale of Two Cities (classic Translation)
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"A Tale of Two Cities" is a long historical novel set against the background of the French Revolution in the 18th century. "Two Cities" refers to London and Paris. The story revolves around Dr. Manette's family and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The upright and kind-hearted Dr. Manette was secretly imprisoned in the Bastille for exposing the evil deeds of the nobles. Eighteen years later, his orphan daughter Lucy rushed from London to Paris and was finally reunited with her father. On the way back to London with her father, Lucy met the aristocratic young man Darnay and fell in love with him. As the son of Dr. Manette's enemy, Darnay was forgiven and recognized by the doctor and married Lucy, but he was about to be guillotined by Madame Defarge, who had a sworn hatred against his family... "A Tale of Two Cities" is not only a touching and lamentable love novel, but also a well-conceived suspense novel, and a magnificent social novel and historical novel.
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