{"id":7536,"date":"2025-06-04T12:22:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/?page_id=7536"},"modified":"2026-10-16T22:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:58:49","slug":"a-tale-of-two-cities-audiobook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/a-tale-of-two-cities-audiobook\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Two Cities &#8211; Free English Audiobook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"41\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=640%2C41&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Audiobook web separator. Beautiful graphics and a heart.\" class=\"wp-image-5995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=1024%2C66&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=300%2C19&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=768%2C50&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=1536%2C100&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=2048%2C133&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tale_Two_Cities_audiobook.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. Free English Audiobook\" class=\"wp-image-7537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tale_Two_Cities_audiobook.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tale_Two_Cities_audiobook.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>More Information About the Book on Wikipedia<\/em><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/curivia.net\/free-english-audiobooks\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/See-all-available-audiobooks-button-300x125-hr.png?resize=300%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Button with text, See all available audiobooks. Golden text and frames with black background.\" class=\"wp-image-7378\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2>A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens \u2013 read by various volunteers<\/h2><br>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/tale_two_cities_librivox\" width=\"500\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p><i>Charles Dickens\u2019s<\/i><b> A Tale of Two Cities (first published in 1859)<\/b> is a sweeping historical novel set against the turmoil of the French Revolution. Opening with the famous line, \u201cIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times\u2026,\u201d the book explores themes of injustice, sacrifice, and redemption in both London and Paris.<\/p>\n\n<p>The story follows two men\u2014<i>Charles Darnay,<\/i> a French aristocrat who rejects the cruelty of his class, and <i>Sydney Carton,<\/i> a disillusioned English lawyer. Though strikingly similar in appearance, they lead very different lives until fate entwines them with <i>Lucie Manette,<\/i> the woman they both love. As the Revolution erupts and violence consumes France, their choices reveal the depth of courage and the possibility of renewal.<\/p>\n\n<p>Blending history, drama, and moral reflection, <i>A Tale of Two Cities<\/i> remains one of Dickens\u2019s most powerful and enduring works.\n<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"audiobook-meta\" style=\"color: #777; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 1em; text-align: ; font-style: italic;\">\n  This audiobook is in the public domain. It is read by volunteers and available freely for listening.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Information About the Book on Wikipedia A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens \u2013 read by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7536"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12324,"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7536\/revisions\/12324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}