A Tale of Two Cities

Set in both London and Paris during the turmoil of the French Revolution, Charles Dickens's celebrated historical story follows Doctor Manette and his daughter Lucie. After enduring eighteen years of confinement in the Bastille, Doctor Manette is released and reunited with the daughter he has never known, taking up a new life across the English Channel.

Yet the mounting unrest and danger in France soon draw the family into the turbulence of the Reign of Terror. As old injustices and new vengeances collide, their lives are caught up in perilous events that test their loyalties and courage to the utmost.

Published in the Oxford Bookworms Library at Level 4, this edition makes a classic masterpiece accessible to secondary school students, language learners, and general readers seeking an engaging, simplified classic for individual study or classroom reading.