《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 Tale 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

　1　The Period

　2　The Mail

　3　The Night Shadows

　4　The Preparation

　5　The Wine Shop

　6　The Shoemaker

BOOK THE SECOND

　The Golden Thread

　1　Five Years Later

　2　A Sight

　3　A Disappointment

　4　Congratulatory

　5　The Jackal

6　Hundreds of People

　7　Monseigneur in Town

　8　Monseigneur in the Country

　9　The Gorgon's Head

　10　Two Promises

　11　A Companion Picture

　12　The Fellow of Delicacy

　13　The Fellow of No Delicacy

　14　The Honest Tradesman

　15　Knitting

　16　Still Knitting

　17　One Night

　18　Nine Days

　19　An Opinion

　20　A Plea

　21　Echoing Footsteps

　22　The Sea Still Rises

　23　Fire Rises

　24　Drawn to the Loadstone Rock

BOOK THE THIRD

　The Track of a Storm

　1　In Secret

　2　The Grindstone

　3　The Shadow

　4　Calm in Storm

　5　The Wood-sawyer

　6　Triumph

　7　A Knock at the Door

　8　A Hand of Cards

　9　The Game Made

　10　The Substance of the Shadow

　11　Dusk

　12　Darkness

　13　Fifty-two

　14　The Knitting Done

　15　The Footsteps Die Out For Ever

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