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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

A family is reunited, added to, and then threatened to be torn apart by events arising from the French Revolution.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1859
Latest release
Oct 9, 2026
Pages
504
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
Read
Public page

Table of Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Book the First
  3. I. The Period
  4. II. The Mail
  5. III. The Night Shadows
  6. IV. The Preparation
  7. V. The Wine-Shop
  8. VI. The Shoemaker
  9. Book the Second: The Golden Thread
  10. I. Five Years Later
  11. A Sight
  12. III. A Disappointment
  13. IV. Congratulatory
  14. V. The Jackal
  15. VI. Hundreds of People
  16. VII. Monseigneur in Town
  17. VIII. Monseigneur in the Country
  18. IX. The Gorgon’s Head
  19. X. Two Promises
  20. XI. A Companion Picture
  21. XII. The Fellow of Delicacy
  22. XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy
  23. XIV. The Honest Tradesman
  24. XV. Knitting
  25. XVI. Still Knitting
  26. XVII. One Night
  27. XVIII. Nine Days
  28. XIX. An Opinion
  29. XX. A Plea
  30. XXI. Echoing Footsteps
  31. XXII. The Sea Still Rises
  32. XXIII. Fire Rises
  33. XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
  34. Book the Third
  35. I. In Secret
  36. II. The Grindstone
  37. III. The Shadow
  38. IV. Calm in Storm
  39. V. The Wood-Sawyer
  40. VI. Triumph
  41. VII. A Knock at the Door
  42. VIII. A Hand at Cards
  43. IX. The Game Made
  44. The Substance of the Shadow
  45. XI. Dusk
  46. XII. Darkness
  47. XIII. Fifty-Two
  48. XIV. The Knitting Done
  49. XV. The Footsteps Die Out Forever