A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

Cover of A Tale of Two Cities

Cover of A Tale of Two Cities

Novel about the plight of the French peasantry in the years leading up to the French revolution, and the parallels with life in London. Arguably Dickens most sophisticated work politically speaking. Two Cities graphically describes the corruption and brutality of the French Monarchy and the plight of the peasantry.

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