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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Genre: Classic Fiction
Level: Difficult
Words: 1,700-2,200 Headwords

This classic novel by Charles Dickens begins in 1775, and is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, a dangerous, violent time. Revolutionary peasants capture French aristocrat Charles Darnay and sentence him to death. Only his look-alike, English lawyer Sydney Carton, can save him. But both men love the same woman. How will it all end?