akorn - Mighty Old Tales Retold
Charles Dickens
Episodes
Friday Sep 18, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities - Chapter VI
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter VI
The Shoemaker
“GOOD day!” said Monsieur Defarge, looking down at the white head that bent low over the shoemaking.It was raised for a moment, and a very faint voice responded to the salutation, as if it were at a distance:“Good day!”“You are still hard at work, I see?”
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities - Chapter V
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter V
The Wine-Shop
A LARGE cask of wine had been dropped and broken, in the street. The accident had happened in getting it out of a cart; the cask had tumbled out with a run, the hoops had burst, and it lay on the stones just outside the door of the wine-shop, shattered like a walnut-shell.
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities - Chapter IV
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter IV
The Preparation
WHEN the mail got successfully to Dover, in the course of the forenoon, the head drawer at the Royal George Hotel opened the coach-door as his custom was. He did it with some flourish of ceremony, for a mail journey from London in winter was an achievement to congratulate an adventurous traveller upon.
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities - Chapter III
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter III
The Night Shadows
A WONDERFUL fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
Monday Sep 14, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities - Chapter II
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter IIThe Mail
IT was the Dover road that lay, on a Friday night late in November, before the first of the persons with whom this history has business. The Dover road lay, as to him, beyond the Dover mail, as it lumbered up Shooter’s Hill.
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities - Chapter I
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter I
The Period
IT was the best of times,IT was the worst of times,It was the age of wisdom,It was the age of foolishness,