A Tale of Two Cities is a 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 life in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met; Lucie's marriage and the collision between her beloved husband and the people who caused her father's imprisonment; and Monsieur and Madame Defarge, sellers of wine in a poor suburb of Paris. 978-1593081386 13.4 ounces 5. 19 x 1.12 x 8 inches 448 pages Barnes & Noble Classics; 14133rd edition (July 25, 2004)