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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."A TALE OF TWO CITIES in All The Year Round, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 complete, Volume 1, April 30, 1859 thru Volume 70, August 25, 1860, first edition, fine copies with near fine contents rebound in half leather with raised spines and leather labels with gold-gilt lettering. A nice set free from any foxing. The true first appearance in print of this most famous work. Also contains 6 installments of THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER & HUNTED DOWN complete by Dickens, 3 episodes of Eug ne Fran ois Vidocq, An early essay concerning Darwin's NATURAL SELECTION & the first appearance in print of THE WOMAN IN WHITE (complete) by Wilkie Collins.

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.