A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens, 1859
London and Paris, in three books.
45 chapters · 135,583 words · about 56.5 hours at 40 wpm
Start with The PeriodChapters
- 1 The Period ~25 min
- 2 The Mail ~50 min
- 3 The Night Shadows ~40 min
- 4 The Preparation ~2 h
- 5 The Wine-shop ~1.5 h
- 6 The Shoemaker ~1.5 h
- 7 Five Years Later ~60 min
- 8 A Sight ~60 min
- 9 A Disappointment ~2 h
- 10 Congratulatory ~56 min
- 11 The Jackal ~53 min
- 12 Hundreds of People ~2 h
- 13 Monseigneur in Town ~83 min
- 14 Monseigneur in the Country ~46 min
- 15 The Gorgon’s Head ~1.5 h
- 16 Two Promises ~74 min
- 17 A Companion Picture ~35 min
- 18 The Fellow of Delicacy ~64 min
- 19 The Fellow of No Delicacy ~46 min
- 20 The Honest Tradesman ~1.5 h
- 21 Knitting ~2 h
- 22 Still Knitting ~1.5 h
- 23 One Night ~47 min
- 24 Nine Days ~60 min
- 25 An Opinion ~69 min
- 26 A Plea ~34 min
- 27 Echoing Footsteps ~2 h
- 28 The Sea Still Rises ~51 min
- 29 Fire Rises ~66 min
- 30 Drawn to the Loadstone Rock ~2 h
- 31 In Secret ~2 h
- 32 The Grindstone ~62 min
- 33 The Shadow ~43 min
- 34 Calm in Storm ~53 min
- 35 The Wood-Sawyer ~57 min
- 36 Triumph ~62 min
- 37 A Knock at the Door ~46 min
- 38 A Hand at Cards ~2 h
- 39 The Game Made ~2 h
- 40 The Substance of the Shadow ~2.5 h
- 41 Dusk ~36 min
- 42 Darkness ~80 min
- 43 Fifty-two ~2 h
- 44 The Knitting Done ~2 h
- 45 The Footsteps Die Out For Ever ~56 min
Text: Project Gutenberg #98. In the public domain.