A Tale of Two Cities
Read the complete A Tale of Two Cities learning edition with ordered chapters, clear narration, and vocabulary in context.
Charles Dickens's complete 1859 historical novel of London and Paris, tracing resurrection, revolution, the golden thread of family, and Sydney Carton's final act of self-sacrifice.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
A Tale of Two Cities
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Recalled to Life
- Book I · Chapter I The Period
- Book I · Chapter II The Mail
- Book I · Chapter III The Night Shadows
- Book I · Chapter IV The Preparation
- Book I · Chapter V The Wine-shop
- Book I · Chapter VI The Shoemaker
The Golden Thread
- Book II · Chapter I Five Years Later
- Book II · Chapter II A Sight
- Book II · Chapter III A Disappointment
- Book II · Chapter IV Congratulatory
- Book II · Chapter V The Jackal
- Book II · Chapter VI Hundreds of People
- Book II · Chapter VII Monseigneur in Town
- Book II · Chapter VIII Monseigneur in the Country
- Book II · Chapter IX The Gorgon’s Head
- Book II · Chapter X Two Promises
- Book II · Chapter XI A Companion Picture
- Book II · Chapter XII The Fellow of Delicacy
- Book II · Chapter XIII The Fellow of No Delicacy
- Book II · Chapter XIV The Honest Tradesman
- Book II · Chapter XV Knitting
- Book II · Chapter XVI Still Knitting
- Book II · Chapter XVII One Night
- Book II · Chapter XVIII Nine Days
- Book II · Chapter XIX An Opinion
- Book II · Chapter XX A Plea
- Book II · Chapter XXI Echoing Footsteps
- Book II · Chapter XXII The Sea Still Rises
- Book II · Chapter XXIII Fire Rises
- Book II · Chapter XXIV Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
The Track of a Storm
- Book III · Chapter I In Secret
- Book III · Chapter II The Grindstone
- Book III · Chapter III The Shadow
- Book III · Chapter IV Calm in Storm
- Book III · Chapter V The Wood-Sawyer
- Book III · Chapter VI Triumph
- Book III · Chapter VII A Knock at the Door
- Book III · Chapter VIII A Hand at Cards
- Book III · Chapter IX The Game Made
- Book III · Chapter X The Substance of the Shadow
- Book III · Chapter XI Dusk
- Book III · Chapter XII Darkness
- Book III · Chapter XIII Fifty-two
- Book III · Chapter XIV The Knitting Done
- Book III · Chapter XV The Footsteps Die Out For Ever