A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities is 133,230 words — about 8h 53m at 250 words per minute, across 3 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in…
Details
- AuthorCharles Dickens
- SourceProject Gutenberg #98
- Length133,230 words · 8h 53m of reading
- Chapters3
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
3 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Book the First--Recalled to Life
- 02Book the Second--the Golden Thread
- 03Book the Third--the Track of a Storm
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