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...A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism. The plot centers on the years leading up to French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Ter...

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...A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demo...

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Excerpt: Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens.

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......................... 21 OUR ENGLISH WATERING-PLACE ......................................................................................... 24 OUR FRENCH WATERING-PLACE........................................................................................... 33 BILL-STICKING ..................................................................................................

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...Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Reprinted Piec... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Th... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Porta... ...le as an electronic transmission, in any way. Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series , ... ...................................................................... 24 OUR FRENCH WATERING PLACE......................................................... ............................................. ............. 202 A MONUMENT OF FRENCH FOLLY.................................................................. ...kling, heaving, swelling up with life and beauty, this bright morning. OUR FRENCH WATERING PLACE HAVING EARNED, BY MANY YEARS of fidelity, the rig... ...wn.’ Monied Interest repeats, as quite enough for him, that the French are revolution ary,—‘and always at it.’ Bell. Compact Enchantress, helped in b... ...nsible and convenient. Adds, however, as a general protest, that they’re a revolutionary people—and always at it. Ramparts, canals, cathedral, river, ...

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...A CHILD S HISTORY OF ENGLAND by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s Hist... ...onic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer sity. This Por... ...ctronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series , ... ... which is called Britain, we bring this tin and lead,’ tempted some of the French and Belgians to come over also. These people settled themselves on t... ...of ours, with eighty vessels and twelve thousand men. And he came from the French coast between Calais and Boulogne, ‘because thence was the shortest ... ...om, I dare say, he made the same complaint as Napoleon Bonaparte the great French General did, eigh teen hundred years afterwards, when he said they ... ... much of the horrors of A Child’s Histroy of England 428 the great French Revolution. Many and terrible they were, there is no doubt; but I know of n... ...tant religion was established in England, and England’s great and glorious Revolution was complete. CHAPTER XXXVII I HAVE NOW ARRIVED at the close of... ...D at the close of my little history. The events which succeeded the famous Revolution of one thou sand six hundred and eighty eight, would neither be...

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...A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens A story of the French Revolution A PSU Electronic Classics Series P... ... Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens A story of the French Revolution A PSU Electronic Classics Series Publication A Tale of T... ...f Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens A story of the French Revolution A PSU Electronic Classics Series Publication A Tale of Two Citi... ...U Electronic Classics Series Publication A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Porta... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, J... ...unity University. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens [A story of the French Revolution] Book the First—Recalled to Life I The Period IT WA S T... ...niversity. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens [A story of the French Revolution] Book the First—Recalled to Life I The Period IT WA S THE BES... ...of travelling, sir, in T ellson and Company’s House.” “Yes. We are quite a French House, as well as an English one.” “Yes, sir. Not much in the habit ... ...uch too much the way of native British orthodoxy, to talk of this terrible Revolution as if it were the only harvest ever known under the skies that h...

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Excerpt: Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens.

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...American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes f... ...tronic Classics Series American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Porta... ...ansmission, in any way. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series , J... ...ewhat less odious and offensive to foreigners. The servile rapacity of the French officials is sufficiently contemptible; but there is a surly boorish... ... side of the Atlantic) very bare of furni ture, having no curtains to the French bedstead or to the window. It had one unusual luxury, however, in th... ...t one can at all comprehend the vast designs of its projector, an aspiring Frenchman. Spacious avenues, that begin in nothing, and lead nowhere; stree... ...al pictures. Four of these have for their subjects prominent events in the revolutionary struggle. They were painted by Colonel Trumbull, himself a me... ...ed in, besides, all round with memories of Wash ington, and events of the revolutionary war: is the Mili tary School of America. It could not stand ... ...e all decent men; and year by year, the memory of the Great Fathers of the Revolution must be outraged more and more, in the bad life of their degener...

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...House, Volume One, Containing Chapters One through Thirty four by Charles Dickens is a publica tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Port... ...House, Volume One, Containing Chapters One through Thirty four by Charles Dickens , the Pennsyl vania State University, Electronic Classics Series ... ...l opportunity University. 3 Bleak House – Vol. One Bleak House by Charles Dickens PREFACE A Chancery judge once had the kindness to inform me, as one... ...e recorded opinions and experiences of distinguished medical profes sors, French, English, and Scotch, in more modern days, contenting myself with ob... ...s a quantity, I suppose? Can dance, and play music, and sing? She can talk French, I suppose, and do geography, and globes, and needlework, and everyt... ... is there, it must be heard. You cannot shut it out. Watt, there is a tall French clock behind you (placed there, ‘a purpose) that has a loud beat whe... ...to partnership with Peffer. On that occasion, Cook’s Court was in a manner revolutionized by the new inscription in fresh paint, Peffer and Snagsby, ... ...nner of sage cheese and in whose aristocratic system it effects a dis mal revolution. It is the Radical of Nature to him. Never theless, his dignity... ...ed with a plaintive smile. “I felt it a good deal at first. Such an entire revolution in my mode of life! But custom, combined with science—particular...

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Excerpt: Oliver Twist or the Parish Boy?s Progress by Charles Dickens.

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...rfield, Volume Two, Containing chapters twenty-nine through sixty-four, by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...Volume Two, Containing chapters twenty-nine through sixty-four, by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portabl... ...rfield, Volume Two, Containing chapters twenty-nine through sixty-four, by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...Volume Two, Containing chapters twenty-nine through sixty-four, by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim... ...University. David Copperfield Vol. II 3 DAVID COPPERFIELD VOLUME TWO By Charles Dickens CHAPTER 29 I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN I MENTIONE... ...ty. David Copperfield Vol. II 3 DAVID COPPERFIELD VOLUME TWO By Charles Dickens CHAPTER 29 I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN I MENTIONED TO Mr.... ...f my havin played with her so much, and made believe as we was Turks, and French, and sharks, and every wariety of forinners bless you, yes; and lion... ...rds the London smoke, which, she said, peppered ev- erything . A complete revolution, in which Peggotty bore a prominent part, was being ef- fected i... ...de her cry. After tea we had the guitar; and Dora sang those same dear old French songs about the impossibility of ever on any account leaving off dan...

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...Speeches: Literary and Social by by by by by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Charles Dickens A P... ... Classics Series Publication ii Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. This Por... ...tronic transmission, in any way. Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series , ... ...proposed to erect in Liverpool an unpopu lar, dangerous, irreligious, and revolutionary establishment, called a Mechanics’ Institution; that, in 1835... ...ho are not members of the travellers’ body, I will say in the words of the French proverb, “Heaven helps those who help themselves.” The Commercial Tr... ... on the desert island. In the course of consider Charles Dickens 64 able revolutions of time, the celebrated Cocker was born, and died; Walkinghame,... ... called “tallies.” In the reign of George III. an inquiry was made by some revolutionary spirit, whether pens, ink, and paper, slates and pencils, bei... ... keeping, decimal coinage, mensuration, math ematics, social economy, the French language—in fact, they comprise all the keys that open all the locks... ...ng will, that he is now well versed in Euclid and Algebra, and is the best French scholar in Stockport. The drawing classes in that same Stockport are...

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... Nicholas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens....

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...nes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication THE LI... ...isings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication THE LIFE AND A... ...nes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. T... ...isings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Port... ...isings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim... ...ted,’ sobbed Mrs Nickleby. ‘T ell your uncle, my dear, how far you went in French and extras.’ The poor girl was about to murmur something, when her u... ...talini, survey- ing Kate from head to foot, and back again. ‘Can you speak French, child?’ ‘Yes, ma’am,’ replied Kate, not daring to look up; for she ... ... brain. ‘How you talk!’ ‘T alk, miss! It’ s enough to make a T om cat talk French gram- mar, only to see how she tosses her head,’ replied the handmai... ...’. If them as is left, should know waat’ s coom tiv’un, there’ll be sike a revolution and rebel!—Ding! But I think they’ll a’ gang daft, and spill blu...

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