A. Johnson Books

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. . . .” Lucie Manette had been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris’s most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes’s fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay, and the dissolute lawyer, Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the French Revolution.

The comprehension passages and exercises in this book are intended for use by students in their third year of study of English as part of the general curriculum. There are thirty-nine short graded passages with related exercise material on the facing pages, and ten sets of grammar exercises at the end of the book.