A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is available here as the complete text, split into 1480 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Charles Dickens's complete 1859 historical novel of London and Paris, tracing resurrection, revolution, the golden thread of family, and Sydney Carton's final act of self-sacrifice.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
A Tale of Two Cities
Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.
All 1480 readings have their own contextual illustration: 316 reviewed painted plates and 1164 passage-built engravings derived from the exact five lines. The engravings are rendered without image files or browser disk caching.
Recalled to Life
- Book I · Chapter I The Period
- Book I · Chapter II The Mail
- Book I · Chapter III The Night Shadows
- Book I · Chapter IV The Preparation
- Book I · Chapter V The Wine-shop
- Book I · Chapter VI The Shoemaker
The Golden Thread
- Book II · Chapter I Five Years Later
- Book II · Chapter II A Sight
- Book II · Chapter III A Disappointment
- Book II · Chapter IV Congratulatory
- Book II · Chapter V The Jackal
- Book II · Chapter VI Hundreds of People
- Book II · Chapter VII Monseigneur in Town
- Book II · Chapter VIII Monseigneur in the Country
- Book II · Chapter IX The Gorgon’s Head
- Book II · Chapter X Two Promises
- Book II · Chapter XI A Companion Picture
- Book II · Chapter XII The Fellow of Delicacy
- Book II · Chapter XIII The Fellow of No Delicacy
- Book II · Chapter XIV The Honest Tradesman
- Book II · Chapter XV Knitting
- Book II · Chapter XVI Still Knitting
- Book II · Chapter XVII One Night
- Book II · Chapter XVIII Nine Days
- Book II · Chapter XIX An Opinion
- Book II · Chapter XX A Plea
- Book II · Chapter XXI Echoing Footsteps
- Book II · Chapter XXII The Sea Still Rises
- Book II · Chapter XXIII Fire Rises
- Book II · Chapter XXIV Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
The Track of a Storm
- Book III · Chapter I In Secret
- Book III · Chapter II The Grindstone
- Book III · Chapter III The Shadow
- Book III · Chapter IV Calm in Storm
- Book III · Chapter V The Wood-Sawyer
- Book III · Chapter VI Triumph
- Book III · Chapter VII A Knock at the Door
- Book III · Chapter VIII A Hand at Cards
- Book III · Chapter IX The Game Made
- Book III · Chapter X The Substance of the Shadow
- Book III · Chapter XI Dusk
- Book III · Chapter XII Darkness
- Book III · Chapter XIII Fifty-two
- Book III · Chapter XIV The Knitting Done
- Book III · Chapter XV The Footsteps Die Out For Ever
How to study A Tale of Two Cities
Read one of the 1480 sections, listen, learn vocabulary, and review on schedule.
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Read the section
Read the five source sentences with its matching contextual illustration.
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Listen and repeat
Play each sentence and tap any word to hear it.
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Learn the phrases
Study the Oxford-style definition, contextual example, and grounded collocations.
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Recall and review
Review today, tomorrow, in three days, and seven days.