A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

"Considered one of his most important works, Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period" (BarnesAndNoble.com).