A Tale of Two Cities is a classic novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1859. Set in London and Paris during the French Revolution, the novel tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who are both in love
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Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.