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From the echo of the first line ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ to the final ‘It is a far far better thing that I do than I have ever done’, Dickens’ classic novel of the French revolution tells a story of the redemptive powers of love in the face of cruelty, violence and neglect.
Set in London and Paris, it shows the plight of the French people under the brutal oppression of the aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and the corresponding savage brutality of the revolutionaries towards the former aristocrats in the years immediately following. Among the memorable characters are Charles Darnay, a French former aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated English barrister who tries to redeem his ill-spent life out of love for Darnay’s wife, Lucie Manette. In this moving, intricate tale spanning eight tumultuous years, Dickens orchestrates the wider political picture behind the story of Lucie, Darnay and Carton with his customary brilliance.
This epic production, dramatised by Mike Walker, stars Robert Lindsay as Dickens, with Alison Steadman, Jonathan Coy, Andrew Scott, Paul Ready, and Karl Johnson.
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Exclusively from Audible. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' So begins Charles Dickens' most famous historical drama: a gripping tale of war, social injustice and the choice between darkness and light. After being unjustly imprisoned for 18 years, French doctor Manette is released from the Bastille jail in Paris and embarks upon a journey to London in the hope of finding the daughter he never met.
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Very Good But Not The Best On Audible--
- By Gillian on 02-08-18
By: Charles Dickens, and others
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A Tale of Two Cities
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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After 18 years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.
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nice intro, but unnecessary addition to audible
- By Anonymous on 06-18-20
By: Charles Dickens
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A Tale of Two Cities [Tantor]
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens's most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Doctor Manette was wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years without trial by the aristocratic authorities.
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it's the singer not the song*
- By Maynard on 11-09-13
By: Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Keith Higinbotham
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and Westminster.
By: Charles Dickens
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The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens: All 15 Novels & The Christmas Stories
- Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Little Dorrit, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol and other Christmas Stories, Our Mutual Friend, The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, Martin Chuzzlewit, Hard Times, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Juliet Stevenson, Jason Isaacs, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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In this collection you'll hear Stephen Fry narrating Great Expectations, Scrooge's ghostly journey narrated by Jason Isaacs, Juliet Stevenson leading us through The Old Curiosity Shop, and many more award-winning narrators bringing Dickens' words to life. Also included here is a short introduction to Dickens' life and works from Dr Pete Orford, an internationally renowned Dickens expert and the Course Director for the Charles Dickens Studies MA at the University of Buckingham.
By: Charles Dickens
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The Charles Dickens Collection: 10 Novels
- Great Expectations; A Tale of Two Cities; Nicholas Nickleby; Oliver Twist; Bleak House; Our Mutual Friend; The Old Curiosity Shop; Dombey and Son; Little Dorrit; A Christmas Carol
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Mil Nicholson, Bob Neufeld
- Length: 264 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of 10 of Charles Dickens' great novels in one audiobook. The novels included here are A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, Great Expectations, The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Our Mutual Friend, Little Dorrit, Dombey and Son and A Christmas Carol.
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Excellent
- By Chad Walter on 06-13-22
By: Charles Dickens
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- Sean Betts
- 04-17-18
Great if you've read the book!
Started listening to the audio but was a little lost - then i read it first, then listened to it again and loved it more!! it's a great audio! wonderful performance!! perfect casting...
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- D. Singer
- 01-12-22
Dramatized and abridged version
I was disappointed because it was abridged. To be honest, I find it a little creepy when the narrator in these stories, try to soften their voices when they are reading the lines of the women characters. So that's why I tried the dramatized version of this book. For me, it just didn't compare to the book. I will probably try a different non-dramatized version some day.
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