A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
It was the time of the French Revolution — a time of great change and great... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 1859
Word Count 135,420
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1130L
- ATOS Reading Level: 9.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 719, 27.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction
- Revenge--Fiction
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Fiction
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Juvenile drama
- Loyalty--Fiction
- Plays
- Children's plays, American
- French--England--London--Fiction
- London (England)--History--18th century--Fiction
- Lookalikes--Fiction
- Fiction | Classics
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Drama
- Friendship--Fiction
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Juvenile fiction
- Readers' theater
- Paris (France)--History--1789-1799--Fiction
- Executions and executioners--Fiction
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