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A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

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A Tale of Two Cities

In A Tale of Two Cities, the mender of roads is a peasant who becomes involved with the revolutionaries. He tells a story about seeing a man, later revealed to be Gaspard, clinging to the underside...

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A Tale of Two Cities

The Marquis is annoyed with the mender of roads because he cannot provide sufficient information about a mysterious man seen hanging from the Marquis' carriage. The mender's vague description,...

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A Tale of Two Cities

In A Tale of Two Cities, the Defarges manipulate the mender of roads by exploiting his naivety and his desire for social acceptance. They use him to gather information and incite revolutionary...

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