A Tale of Two Cities

1859 novel by Charles Dickens
VisualArtwork literary_work Q308918
A Tale of Two Cities
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A Tale of Two Cities

Summary

A Tale of Two Cities is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,602 views/month, #73 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Tale of Two Cities authored Charles Dickens[3].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's illustrator is recorded as Hablot Knight Browne[5].
  • A Tale of Two Cities was published by Chapman and Hall[6].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's genre is social fiction[7].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's genre is historical fiction[8].
  • A Tale of Two Cities followed Little Dorrit[9].
  • A Tale of Two Cities was followed by Great Expectations[10].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's Commons category is recorded as A Tale of Two Cities[11].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • A Tale of Two Cities was distributed by ebook[13].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • A Tale of Two Cities was published on 1859[15].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's has edition or translation is recorded as Q59235746[16].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's has edition or translation is recorded as Q91617012[17].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137589073[18].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137641937[19].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138515577[20].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138515676[21].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138515766[22].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's narrative location is recorded as Paris[23].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's narrative location is recorded as London[24].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's topic's main category is recorded as Category:A Tale of Two Cities[25].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's work available at URL is recorded as https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens/a-tale-of-two-cities[26].
  • A Tale of Two Cities's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[27].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 782a0186-f5eb-482a-856e-144d8a42e6fa[29]

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Authorship and Creation

A Tale of Two Cities authored Charles Dickens[3]. It was published by Chapman and Hall[6].

Publication

A Tale of Two Cities was published on 1859[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include social fiction[7] and historical fiction[8]. It was distributed by ebook[13].

Adaptations and Inspiration

A Tale of Two Cities followed Little Dorrit[9]. It was followed by Great Expectations[10].

Why It Matters

A Tale of Two Cities ranks in the top 0.26% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,602 views/month, #73 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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