《双城记》是世界最伟大的批判现实主义杰作之一，也是英国文豪狄更斯作品中故事情节最曲折惊险、最惊心动魄的小说之一，小说以18世纪的法国大革命为背景，故事中将巴黎、伦敦两个大城市连结起来，叙述梅尼特医生一家充满了爱与冒险的遭遇，中间穿插了贵族的残暴、人民的愤怒、审判间谍……本书为英文原版小说。

A Tdle of Two Cities(1859) Dickens greatest historical novel, traces the private ires of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyles great work - The French Revolution - and also on his own observations and investigations during numerous visits to Paris.

The best story have written was Dickens own verdict on A Tale of Two Cities. and the reader is cinlikely to disagree with this judgement of a story which combines historical tact with the authors unsurpassed genius for poignant tales of human suffering,self-sacrifice, and redemption.

BOOK THE FIRST

Recalled to Life

The Period

The Mail

The Night Shadows

The Preparation

The Wine Shop

The Shoemaker

BOOK THE SECOND

The Golden Thread

Five Years Later

A Sight

A Disappointment

Congratulatory

The Jackal

Hundreds of People

Monseigneur in Town

Monseigneur in the Country

The Gorgon"s Head

Two Promises

A Companion Picture

The Fellow of Delicacy

The Fellow of No Delicacy

The Honest Tradesman

Knitting

Still Knitting

One Night

Nine Days

An Opinion

A Plea

Echoing Footsteps

The Sea Still Rises

Fire Rises

Drawn to the Loadstone Rock

BOOK THE THIRD

The Track of a Storm

In Secret

The Grindstone

The Shadow

Calm in Storm

The Wood-sawyer

Triumph

A Knock at the Door

A Hand of Cards

The Game Made

The Substance of the Shadow

Dusk

Darkness

Fifty-two

The Kn. itting Done

The Footsteps Die Out For Ever

NOTES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece: Under the plane tree

Vignette: In the Bastille

The mail

The shoemaker

The likeness

Congratulations

The stoppage at the fountain

Mr Stryver at Tellson"s Bank

The spy"s funeral

The wine shop

The accomplices

The sea rises

Before the prison tribunal

The knock at the door

The double recognition

After the sentence