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Tale of Two Cities Study Guide

by Charles Dickens

Tale of Two Cities study guide contains a biography of Charles Dickens, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

It is 1775, and Mr. Jarvis Lorry is traveling to Dover to meet Lucie Manette. He tells her that she is not an orphan as she had been told from a young age. He now says that he will travel with her to Paris to meet her father, who has recently been released from the Bastille. Doctor Manette is housed in the Defarges' wine-shop and has lost his reason, but he starts to regain it when he meets his daughter and is transported back to London.

Five years later, Charles Darnay is tried in London on a charge of treason for providing English secrets to the French and Americans during the outbreak of the American Revolution. The dramatic appearance of Mr. Sydney Carton, who looks remarkably like him, precludes any positive identification and allows…

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• Tale of Two Cities Summary
• About Tale of Two Cities
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Book I, Chapters 1-4
• Summary and Analysis of Book I, Chapters 5-6
• Summary and Analysis of Book II, Chapters 1-3
• Summary and Analysis of Book II, Chapters 4-9
• Summary and Analysis of Book II, Chapters 10-14
• Summary and Analysis of Book II, Chapters 15-19
• Summary and Analysis of Book II, Chapters 20-24
• Summary and Analysis of Book III, Chapters 1-7
• Summary and Analysis of Book III, Chapters 8-15
• The French Revolution
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• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
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