Part of Penguin&s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released & reunited with his daughter in England There two very different men Charles Darnay an exiled French aristocrat & Sydney Carton a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette From the tranquil lanes of London they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror & soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine ...

Based on Charles Dickens’ epic novel this critically acclaimed film version was adapted for the screen by TEB Clarke A tale of great sacrifices being made for the sake of principle Dickens’ original novel is notable for its vivid representation of France during the French Revolution Sidney Carton (Bogarde) a disillusioned heavy drinking London lawyer defends a young French aristocrat Charles Darnay (Paul Guer) when the informant Barsad (Donald Pleasence) accuses him of spying Carton finds himself falling in love with Darnay fiancee Lucie Manette (Tutin) & although he confesses his love to her they agree to keep it secret When Darnay returns to France in the grip of revolutionary terror he is imprisoned by a mob led by Madame Defarge (Rosalie Crutchley) on the orders of his corrupt uncle (Christopher Lee) Hearing Lucie pleas for help Carton seizes the opportunity for action & ultimately redemption ...

It was the best of times it was the worst of times Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison the Bastille Finally reunited the Manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men the heroic aristocrat Darnay & the dissolute lawyer Carton Their story which encompasses violence revenge love & redemption is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the French Revolution Also in the Vintage Classics Dickens Series A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Great Expectations Hard Times Oliver Twist ...

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Dickens& greatest historical novel traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution & the Terror Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyle&s great work
- The French Revolution The best story I have written& was Dickens& own verdict on A Tale of Two Cities & the reader is unlikely to disagree with this judgement of a story which combines historical fact with the author&s unsurpassed genius for poignant tales of human suffering self-sacrifice & redemption
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Charles Dickens&s A Tale of Two Cities portrays a world on fire split between Paris & London during the brutal & bloody events of the French Revolution This Penguin Classics edition of is edited with an introduction & notes by Richard Maxwell & It was the best of times it was the worst of times& After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released & reunited with his daughter in England There two very different men Charles Darnay an exiled French aristocrat & Sydney Carton a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette From the tranquil lanes of London they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror & soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine This edition uses the text as it appeared in its first serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens&s vision &

Includes:: the original illustrations by HK Browne (& Phiz&) Richard Maxwell&s introduction discusses the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012 His most famous books including Oliver Twist Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities David Copperfield & The Pickwick Papers have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions If you enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities you might like Dickens&s The Old Curiosity Shop also available in Penguin Classics

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From one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior the astonishing story of how the female brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals & humans Darwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty from the brilliant colors of butterflies & fishes to the songs of birds & frogs He argued that animals have "a taste for the beautiful" that drives their potential mates to evolve features that make them more sexually attractive & reproductively successful But if Darwin explained why sexual beauty evolved in animals he struggled to understand how In A Taste for the Beautiful Michael Ryan one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior tells the remarkable story of how he & other scientists have taken up where Darwin left off & transformed our understanding of sexual selection shedding new light on human behavior in the process Drawing on cutting-edge work in neuroscience & evolutionary biology as well as his own important studies of the tiny Tungara frog deep in the jungles of Panama Ryan explores the key questions Why do animals perceive certain traits as beautiful & others not? Do animals have an inherent sexual aesthetic & if so where is it rooted? Ryan argues that the answers to these questions lie in the brain--particularly of females who act as biological puppeteers spurring the development of beautiful traits in males This theory of how sexual beauty evolves explains its astonishing diversity & provides new insights about how much our own perception of beauty resembles that of other animals Vividly written & filled with fascinating stories A Taste for the Beautiful will change how you think about beauty & attraction ...

A death squad loose in the woods & teaching a cookery class
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A Taste of Honey became a sensational theatrical success when first produced in London by Joan Littlewood&s Theatre Workshop company It was made into a highly acclaimed film in 1961 The play is about the adolescent Jo & her relationships with those about her
- her irresponsible roving mother Helen & her mum&s newly acquired drunken husband the black sailor who leaves her pregnant & Geoffrey the homosexual art student who moves in to help with the baby It is also about Jo&s unshakeable optimism throughout her trials This story of a mother & daughter relationship set in working class Manchester continues to enthral new generations of readers & audiences Now established as a modern classic this comic & poignant play by a then nineteen-year-old working-class Lancashire girl was praised at its London premiere in 1958 by Graham Greene as having ""all the freshness of Mr Osborne&s Look Back in Anger & a greater maturity""
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& Miss Delaney brings real people on to her stageshe is busy recording the wonder of life as she lives it& Kenneth Tynan Observer A Taste of Honey became a sensational theatrical success when first produced in London by Joan Littlewood&s Theatre Workshop in 1958 Now established as a modern classic this comic & poignant play by a then nineteen-year-old working-class Lancashire girl was praised at its London premiere by Graham Greene as having &all the freshness of Mr Osborne&s Look Back in Anger & a greater maturity& It was made into a highly acclaimed film in 1962 The play is about the adolescent Jo & her relationship with her irresponsible mum Helen the Nigerian sailor who leaves Jo pregnant & Geoffrey the homosexual art student who moves in to help Jo with the baby It is also about Jo&s unshakeable optimism throughout her trials This story of a mother & daughter relationship (imitated in many other modern British plays since) set in working-class Manchester continues to engage new generations of audiences ...