Audibly Speaking: Listening to History

Book Three, Chapter Thirteen: “Fifty-Two,” from “A Tale of Two Cities”


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This is where the plot finally comes together. Carton visits Darnay to change places in LaForce, with the aid of chloroform. Barsad takes Darnay to Lucy and all but Jerry and Miss Pross board the carriage and leave to flee Paris for England. Dickens is herein a master of suspense, which builds to a crescendo near the end of the chapter. Next Chapter: “The Knitting Done.”
























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Audibly Speaking: Listening to HistoryBy Richard A. Reiman