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  • A Tale of Two Cities

  • By: Charles Dickens
  • Narrated by: Jon Smith
  • Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
  • 1.6 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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A Tale of Two Cities

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Jon Smith
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

In this staple of classic literature, Charles Dickens tells the tale of fueding classes set at the inception and escalation of the French Revolution. Amidst the upheaval, righteous former aristocrat Charles Darnay becomes wrongly tangled in unfortunate events, endangering his freedom and family. Sidney Carton, a cynical lawyer who squandered his life away, seeks to redress his unhappiness through Darnay's beautiful wife, Lucie. This seminal story of love, chaos, and redemption is expertly read by Jon Smith, who infuses excitement using a variety of voices. Revisit a favorite or fill in a literary gap with the timeless A Tale of Two Cities.
Public Domain (P)2012 Phoenix Books
Classics European Historical Fiction
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Invest your money elsewhere!

Feel bad about giving a bad review but I had to give up on this reading, it made tough work of a great story. I was so glad I did not give up on the book, I downloaded another version.

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Computer reader?

This narrator is terrible and sounds like a computer. Couldn’t listen to it. Such a shame as this is an amazing story

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Two Cities audible

I downloaded this audible book in order to pass the time on a long trip, but was unfortunately unable to get through more than half of the first part. The narration was very difficult to listen to, sounding as though it had been recorded in single lines and then stitched together. Along with this were frequent miss-pronunciations and a total disregard for punctuation. I,m afraid it flowed about as well as a text to speech translation. I would certainly have gone for a librivox version had I known what this one sounded like. Patrick

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