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008 080623r20081988enk      b    000 1 eng  
010    $a 2008274350
020    $a 0199536236
020    $a 9780199536238
035    $a (OCoLC)192027131
040    $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d MBB $d DEBBG $d OCL $d SILO
043    $a e-uk-en $a e-uk-en
050 00 $a PR4571.A2 $b S26 2008
050 00 $a PR4571.A2 $b S26 2008
082 00 $a 823/.8 $2 22
100 1  $a Dickens, Charles, $d 1812-1870.
245 1  $a A tale of two cities / $c Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew Sanders.
260    $a Oxford ; $b Oxford University Press, $c 2008.
300    $a xxxiv, 406 p. ; $c 20 cm.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [xx]-xxi).
520    $a When the starving French masses rise in hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent government, both the guilty and innocent become victims of their frenzied anger. Soon nothing stands in the way of the chilling figure they enlist for their cause{u2014}La Guillotine{u2014}the new invention for efficiently chopping off heads. 
520    $a Charles Dickens' compelling portrait of the results of terror and treason, love and supreme sacrifice continues to captivate readers around the world. With Frank Muller's brilliant performance, unforgettable characters{u2014}the ever-knitting Madame Defarge, the lovely Lucie Manette, her broken father, the honorable Charles Darnay, and the sometimes scurrilous Sydney Carton{u2014}burst from the pages, full of life and passion. 
520    $a This novel provides a highly-charged examination of human suffering and human sacrifice. Private experience and public history, during the French Revolution. 
651  0 $a Paris (France) $x History $y 1789-1799 $v Fiction.
651  0 $a London (England) $x History $y 18th century $v Fiction.
651  0 $a France $x History $y Revolution, 1789-1799 $v Fiction.
650  0 $a British $z Paris $z Paris $v Fiction.
650  0 $a French $z London $z London $v Fiction.
650  0 $a Executions and executioners $v Fiction.
650  0 $a Lookalikes $v Fiction.
655  7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd
700 1  $a Sanders, Andrew, $d 1946-
830  0 $a Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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