本书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，叙述马奈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。

法国大革命时期，马奈特医生偶然目睹了侯爵兄弟草菅人命的种种暴行，正直善良的马奈特医生不顾个人安危，告发侯爵的罪行，反而被投进了巴士底狱，长达18年之久。出狱后，马奈特之女露茜却与仇家的侄子达奈堕入情网。于是，在动荡的巴黎，一幕幕家族的恩怨情仇隆重上演，善、恶、生、死、爱在冲突中交融……

Book the First: Recalled to Life

  Chapter 1 The Period

  Chapter 2 The Marl

  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 Years Later

  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 Drain 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 at 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