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ATaleofTwoCities,byCharlesDickens,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Newintroductionscommissionedfromtoday'stopwritersandscholarsBiographiesoftheauthorsChronologiesofcontemporaryhistorical,biographical,andculturaleventsFootnotesandendnotesSelectivediscussionsofimitations,parodies,poems,books,plays,paintings,operas,statuary,andfilmsinspiredbytheworkCommentsbyotherfamousauthorsStudyquestionstochallengethereader'sviewpointsandexpectationsBibliographiesforfurtherreadingIndices&Glossaries,whenappropriateAlleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.“Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes...”Withthesefamouswords,CharlesDickensplungesthereaderintooneofhistory’smostexplosiveeras—theFrenchRevolution.FromthestormingoftheBastilletotherelentlessdropoftheguillotine,Dickensvividlycapturestheterrorandupheavalofthattumultuousperiod.Atthecenteristhenovel’shero,SydneyCarton,alazy,alcoholicattorneywho,inspiredbyawoman,makesthesupremesacrificeonthebloodstainedstreetsofParis.OneofDickens’smostexcitingnovels,ATaleofTwoCitiesisastirringclassicoflove,revenge,andresurrection.GillenD’ArcyWoodreceivedhisPh.DinEnglishfromColumbiaUniversityin2000andiscurrentlyanassistantprofessorattheUniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign.HeistheauthorofTheShockoftheReal:RomanticismandVisualCulture,1760–1860.