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Product Identifiers

PublisherBarnes & Noble, Incorporated

ISBN-101593080557

ISBN-139781593080556

eBay Product ID (ePID)128086982

Product Key Features

Book TitleTale of Two Cities

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Family Life, Literary, Historical

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorCharles Dickens

Book SeriesBarnes and Noble Classics Ser.

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-109503

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal741.5/942

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LC Classification NumberPR4571.A1 2003