\n《双城记（英文版）》以法国大革命为背景，透过贵族与平民之间的仇旧冲突，作者狄更斯传达鲜血无法洗去仇恨，更不能替代爱的主旨，贵族的暴虐对平民造成的伤痛不会因为鲜血而愈合，平民对贵族的仇恨也无法替代对已逝亲人的爱。小说深刻地揭露了法国大革命前深深激化了的社会矛盾，强烈地抨击贵族阶级的荒淫残暴，并深切地同情下层人民的苦难。
\n《双城记（英文版）》为英文原版，随书提供配套英文朗读供读者下载，让读者在品读精彩故事的同时，亦能提升英文阅读水平。
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\nA Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens， set in Paris and London of the 1780s and 1790s. Dr. Manette is incarcerated in the Bastille for eighteen years without trial. His daughter Lucie grows up in London， thinking that she is an orphan. But her life changes when her father is released from prison.
\nCharles Darnay is an emigrant who has left France because of his hatred for his family. Charles and Lucie fall in love and marry. But there is another person who loves Lucie with all his heart and will do anything for her sake. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Its a story of love， war and tragic heroism.
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Book the First
\nRECALLED TO LIFE
\nCHAPTER 1 THE PERIOD /3
\nCHAPTER 2 THE MAIL /6
\nCHAPTER 3 THE NIGHT SHADOWS /13
\nCHAPTER 4 THE PREPARATION /18
\nCHAPTER 5 THE WINE-SHOP /31
\nCHAPTER 6 THE SHOEMAKER /44
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\nBook the Second
\nTHE GOLDEN THREAD
\nCHAPTER 1 FIVE YEARS LATER /59
\nCHAPTER 2 A SIGHT /66
\nCHAPTER 3 A DISAPPOINTMENT /73
\nCHAPTER 4 CONGRATULATORY /88
\nCHAPTER 5 THE JACKAL /95
\nCHAPTER 6 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE /102
\nCHAPTER 7 MONSEIGNEUR IN TOWN /116
\nCHAPTER 8 MONSEIGNEUR IN THE COUNTRY /126
\nCHAPTER 9 THE GORGONS HEAD /132
\nCHAPTER 10 TWO PROMISES /145
\nCHAPTER 11 A COMPANION PICTURE /154
\nCHAPTER 12 THE FELLOW OF DELICACY /159
\nCHAPTER 13 THE FELLOW OF NO DELICACY /167
\nCHAPTER 14 THE HONEST TRADESMAN /173
\nCHAPTER 15 KNITTING /185
\nCHAPTER 16 STILL KNITTING /197
\nCHAPTER 17 ONE NIGHT /209
\nCHAPTER 18 NINE DAYS /215
\nCHAPTER 19 AN OPINION /222
\nCHAPTER 20 A PLEA /231
\nCHAPTER 21 ECHOING FOOTSTEPS /236
\nCHAPTER 22 THE SEA STILL RISES /249
\nCHAPTER 23 FIRE RISES /256
\nCHAPTER 24 DRAWN TO THE LOADSTONE ROCK /264
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\nBook the Third
\nTHE TRACK OF A STORM
\nCHAPTER 1 IN SECRET /279
\nCHAPTER 2 THE GRINDSTONE /292
\nCHAPTER 3 THE SHADOW /299
\nCHAPTER 4 CALM IN STORM /305
\nCHAPTER 5 THE WOOD-SAWYER /311
\nCHAPTER 6 TRIUMPH /318
\nCHAPTER 7 A KNOCK AT THE DOOR /326
\nCHAPTER 8 A HAND AT CARDS /332
\nCHAPTER 9 THE GAME MADE /346
\nCHAPTER 10 THE SUBSTANCE OF THE SHADOW /360
\nCHAPTER 11 DUSK /376
\nCHAPTER 12 DARKNESS /381
\nCHAPTER 13 FIFTY-TWO /391
\nCHAPTER 14 THE KNITTING DONE /404
\nCHAPTER 15 THE FOOTSTEPS DIE OUT FOR EVER /418
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\n查尔斯·狄更斯（1885～1930），英国小说家，他生活在英国由半封建社会向工业资本主义社会的过渡时期。其作品广泛而深刻地描写这时期社会生活的各个方面，鲜明而生动地刻画了各阶层的代表人物形象，并从人道主义出发对各种丑恶的社会现象及其代表人物进行揭露批判，对劳动人民的苦难及其反抗斗争给以同情和支持。狄更斯一生共创作了14部长篇小说，许多中、短篇小说和杂文、游记、戏剧、小品。代表作有描写劳资矛盾的长篇代表作《艰难时代》（1854）和描写1789年法国革命的《双城记》（1859）。
