A Tale of Two Cities
British novelist, 1812–1870.
A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 novel by Charles Dickens.
On 2 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- First published
- 1859
- Length
- 544 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Political, Love story, Adventure
Is A Tale of Two Cities worth reading?
2 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it: Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian) and The Big Read top 100 (BBC).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 49 | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 63 | See the list |
Best edition of A Tale of Two Cities
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2003), 544 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 544
- ISBN
- 9780141439600
How critics and readers rate A Tale of Two Cities
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 34% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like A Tale of Two Cities
If you liked A Tale of Two Cities, try Great Expectations, David Copperfield or Bleak House.
