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Set during the French revolution, this tale of love and sacrifice is a gripping drama from Charles Dickens. Lucie Manette is married to Charles Darney who belongs to the despised French aristocracy. When the French revolution sets in, Charles is captured and faces execution. Carrying out a daring impersonation, Sydney Carton, who loves Lucie, sacrifices his life to save Charles.

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It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. For 18 long years, Dr Manette was a prisoner in France. His crime? He knew what two evil French aristocrats did. Now he's free and living in London with his beautiful daughter, Lucie. Lucie marries Charles Darnay, who has a dangerous secret of his own. But it is time for revolution in France and they must all travel to Paris, where the shadow of the guillotine falls over them all. The Garnet Oracle Readers are carefully graded, lexically and structurally, to encourage students to read for pleasure and at speed. The stories are all retold by an ELT author well known for his ability to craft engaging narratives to entertain and educate. * full-colour illustrations * resource and activity pages * easy-to-use glossary Level 5 1,500 headwords Word count: 17,670

"Our story is set in France and England in the year 1775. This period of time was called 'The Age of Reason' but it was really a century of madness! Politicians told the world about how rich their countries were, but thousands of their citizens lived in terrible poverty. Many were being killed and the poor people started to make plans for a revolution.One Friday night in late November, a gentleman called Jarvis Lorry, was travelling to Dover in a carriage. He stopped the carriage when he saw a messenger on a horse."Adapted from the novel by the British writer Charles Dickens. The historical novel describes the life in the eighteenth century, at the time of the French Revolution. Published in 1859, it tells the life in two cities, London and Paris, the first one symbolizing in some way the peace, the simple and ordered life; while in the second reigns the agitation, the challenge and the chaos, in a time of drastic social changes.English Level B1Interactive PDF: it has links that allow access from the reading to the glossary and viceversa. 20 original illustrations of the 70s in each title.