A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0141439602 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Certainly not the Penguin Classics edition. Use the proper photo of the edition." according to Charles P. Fraser. It would have been a more fair and honest representation of this edition had the seller not used the Penguin Classics cover of the novel. I stupidly purchased this item without looking at the details of the edition. It is NOT the Penguin Classics edition. Now I have to buy. coloradostevie said Amazing novel, but font too small on this book. The novel is great, this is not a review of the novel. This particular book/product is the paperback from Barnes and Noble classics. I really appreciated the intro which includes the history surrounding the time of the novel. However, the print of this book is very small; . Such a good story M. Heiss I love this story.I'm a read aloud mom with a family of boys, and they LOVED this story! Very enthusiastic listening.The thing with Dickens is all the characters are people. Every one is a portrait and a caricature at the same time. My kids drew while I read this aloud to
Vance's stone varies from soothing to animated while creating different voices for the characters and using appropriate accents. A bonus feature on the last CD is an e-book in pdf format that can be printed or used as a read-along while listening to the audio. The voice of Audie Award-winning narrator Simon Vance sets the tone for the characters and creates the Dickensesqe mood of the times when the rich and the poor were far apart and no one was exempt from the ensuing wrath during the Revolution. .
With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine. This edition uses the text as it appeared in its first serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens's vision, and includes the original illustrations by H.K. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities portrays a world