这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……本书为英文版。

巴黎的梅尼特医生因告发贵族厄弗里蒙地兄弟欺压平民，反遭陷害，被投入巴士底狱关押了18年。获释后，他随女儿露西侨居伦敦。露西与法国青年查尔斯·达奈相爱结婚，而达奈正是厄弗里蒙地侯爵的侄子。法国大革命爆发了，因故返回巴黎的达奈被革命者以贵族身份判处死刑。最后，与达奈容貌相似的英国律师卡顿牺牲自己，救出了达奈。

BOOK THE FIRST

RECALLED TO LIFE

Chapter 1 The Period

Chapter 2 The Mail

Chapter 3 The Night Shadows

Chapter 4 The Preparation

Chapter 5 The Wine Shop

Chapter 6 The Shoemaker

BOOK THE SECOND.

THE GOLDEN THREAD

Chapter 1 Five YearsLater

Chapter 2 A Sight

Chapter 3 A Disappointment

Chapter 4 Congratulatory

Chapter 5 The Jackal

Chapter 6 Hundreds of People

Chapter 7 Monseigneur in Town

Chapter 8 Monseigneur in the Country

Chapter 9 The Gorgon's Head

Chapter 10 Two Promises

Chapter 11 A Companion Picture

Chapter 12 The Fellow of Delicacy

Chapter 13 The Fellow of No Delicacy

Chapter 14 The Honest Tradesman

Chapter 15 Knitting

Chapter 16 Still Knitting

Chapter 17 One Night

Chapter 18 Nine Days

Chapter 19 An Opinion

Chapter 20 A Plea

Chapter 21 Echoing Footsteps

Chapter 22 The Sea Still Rises

Chapter 23 Fire Rises

Chapter 24 Drawn to the Loadstone Rock

BOOK THE THIRD

THE TRACK OF A STORM

Chapter 1 In Secret

Chapter 2 The Grindstone

Chapter 3 The Shadow

Chapter 4 Calm in Storm

Chapter 5 The Wood-sawyer

Chapter 6 Triumph

Chapter 7 A Knock at the Door

Chapter 8 A Hand of Cards

Chapter 9 The Game Made

Chapter 10 The Substance of the Shadow

Chapter 11 Dusk

Chapter 12 Darkness

Chapter 13 Fifty-two

Chapter 14 The Knitting Done

Chapter 15 The Footsteps Die Out For Ever