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In the same year, he began featuring a tale of two cities in 31 weekly installments in his new magazine. Kindle edition published in 2018, 9626340576 audio cd published in 1995, 1974657280 paperback published in 2017. Although a tale of two cities is a major social critique, its also an exploration of the limits of human justice. Not one of the three could have said, from anything he saw, what either of the other two was like.
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