Product Description

This is one of Dickens's parable stories centered on the fortunes of a family during the French Revolution as society is crumbling. This novel places society's regeneration in friendship, the family, and heroic self-sacrifice, each of which is based on love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98391 in Books
• Published on: 2000-06-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780764586064
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Kris Marie Kalil received her M.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, specializing in nineteenth-century British and American literature. She has taught at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Iowa Western Community College.

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