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02508aam a2200445 a 4500 001 944A338CE76911E1AF1839E46AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120816010357 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) 941 $a 1 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525040048.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=944A338CE76911E1AF1839E46AFF544E 994 $a 92 $b IOOInitiate Another SILO Locator Search