{"product_id":"a-tale-of-two-cities-and-great-expectations-two-novels","title":"A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations: Two Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom The Publisher Two Of The Most Beloved Novels In All Of English LiteratureTogether In One Extraordinary Volume. A Tale Of Two Cities After Eighteen Years As A Political Prisoner In The Bastille, The Ageing Doctor Manette Is Finally Released And Reunited With His Daughter In England. There The Lives Of The Two Very Different Men, Charles Darnay, An Exiled French Aristocrat, And Sydney Carton, A Disreputable But Brilliant English Lawyer, Become Enmeshed Through Their Love For Lucie Manette. From The Tranquil Roads Of London, They Are Drawn Against Their Will To The Vengeful, Bloodstained Streets Of Paris At The Height Of The Reign Of Terror, And They Soon Fall Under The Lethal Shadow Of The Guillotine. Great Expectations A Terrifying Encounter With An Escaped Convict In A Graveyard On The Wild Kent Marshes; A Summons To Meet The Bitter, Decaying Miss Havisham And Her Beautiful, ColdHearted Ward Estella; The Sudden Generosity Of A Mysterious Benefactor These Form A Series Of Events That Changes The Orphaned PipS Life Forever, And He Eagerly Abandons His Humble Origins To Begin A New Life As A Gentleman. DickensS Haunting Late Novel Depicts PipS Education And Development Through Adversity As He Discovers The True Nature Of His Great Expectations. This Deluxe Paperback Edition Features  French Flaps  RoughCut HighQuality Paper  Complimentary Front And BackCover Designs Highlighting Each Novel And Including Foil And Debossing Biography Born On February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens Was The Second Of Eight Children In A Family Burdened With Financial Troubles. Despite Difficult Early Years, He Became The Most Successful British Writer Of The Victorian Age. In 1824, Young Charles Was Withdrawn From School And Forced To Work At A BootBlacking Factory When His Improvident Father, Accompanied By His Mother And Siblings, Was Sentenced To Three Months In A DebtorS Prison. Once They Were Released, Charles Attended A Private School For Three Years\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45904427548870,"sku":"DADAX1936041995","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/61_z4a1ye_L.jpg?v=1780385831","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/a-tale-of-two-cities-and-great-expectations-two-novels","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}