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    d Featuring Stories by the World’s Greatest Authors Build Your Own Libnary Collect and preserve your copies of ys CLASSICS in an attractive, permanent binder. Handsome, durable, made to last lifetime of handling. Each binder holds 12 books securely. Each is cov- ered in beautiful, brown simulated leather and is richly imprinted in gold on both cover and backbone. Simple instructions make binding possible in a matter of minutes. Get yours NOW. $1.00 each postpaid. ($1.50 in Canada) Fill out the coupon below or « facsimile and mail NOW! TODAY! Jeb HS HERE I ER Hp ppb bb rpbppppP pp prppbbbibbbbbpbpD__H_PEPPPPP PE rs : z : = GILBERTON COMPANY, INC. z = Dept. S, 101 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10003 5 z z z z % Herewith is $______ Please send —_____ binders, postpaid. + x z x z * Name pe x % (Please print) Fa % Address ee * z z Z City . __ State = Zip i Freep nnn a abisnbbpbiinsibbbhipii BBB ESA BiHb nbbhbbbpbbpseber Number 6. . » Published monthly by GILBERTON COMPANY, INC., 101 Fifth Avo., New Y 10003. Copyright May 1967 by GILBERTON COMPANY, INC, fe the United States and ail forcign countries. Reproductions of any material in any manner whatso- ‘eer fe prohibited. Printed in U.S.A. WAS THE iT. THE SPRING OF HOPE, IT WAS THE WINTER OF DESPAIR. 2 CLASSICS Ilasdrated LATE 1 THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1775, A MAIL COACH MADE ITS WAY ALONG THE DARK AND PERILOUS ROAD' FROM LONDON TO DOVER. ASUDCENLY, THERE Was THE SOUND OF A 1S THIS THE HORSE COMING OUT OF THE DARKNESS. DOVER MAIL WHO_ WANTS ME? 1S IT JERRY? ‘A TALE OF TWO CITIES YES, MR. LORRY. I HAVE | GUARD, THERE 1S NOTHING IF YOURE A _MESSAGE FOR YOU A TO FEAR, I BELONG TO QUICK, SIR. | TELLSON'S BANK IN LONOON. I'M HEADED FOR PARIS ON BUSINESS, —MAY I READ THIS NOTE? 7 — FROM THE BANK. IS THERE AN ANSWER, SIR? YES. SAY THAT MY ANSWER WAS ms RECALLED TO LIFE. }! Mf MISS MANETTE, TWENTY YEARS AGO, WHILE WORKING IN THE PARIS OFFICE OF TELLSON'S BANK, I HANDLED THE AFFAIRS OF DR. ALEXANDRE MANETTE. WHEN T WAS LEFT AN ORPHAN | | YES AND SINCE NOW WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT AFTER MY MOTHER DED, THEN YOU HAVE YOUR FATHER IS ALIVE. FOR THE SURVIVING MY FATHER ONLY BEEN THE WARD OF| | LAST EIGHTEEN YEARS, HE WAS TWO YEARS, WAS IT YOU WHO TELLSON'S BANK. A PRISONER IN THE BASTILLE. BROUGHT ME TO ENGLAND? MY FATHER/ ALIVE! ) (HE IS IN PARIS, WE MUST GO TO HIM AT ONCE; I, TO WHERE IS HE NOW? || AT THE HOUSE IDENTIFY HIM; YOU, TO RESTORE HIM OF A FORMER TO HEALTH seni ~ A) \ ey A TALE OF TWO CiTiEs Ss dD. MANETTE WaS AT THE HOME OF ERNEST DEFARGE, OWNER OF A WINE SHOP IN THE PARIS SUSUR OF SAINT ANTOINE. WHEN MR. LORRY AND LUCIE ARRIVED WE WISH TO SEE MONSIEUR i MY HUSBAND WILL BE DEFARGE HERE SOON. SA (7 —— Wren ocrance EvreReo I WILL TAKE YOU TO DR. MANETTE, THE DOOR {HE HAS LIVED SO LONG I FEAR YOU WILL FIND HIM gg = 1S LOCKED? JI} LockeD UP THAT HE WOULD BE FRIGHTENED IF IT WERE LEFT OPEN. J omy f oH | * GREATLY CHANGED. 00 You YES, EUT HOW Leet HE WAS A_ SHOEMAKER IN RECOGNIZE HE HAS CHANGED! [iar PRISON. HE KNOWS NOTHING IM? ELSE. HE HAS FORGOTTEN HIS NAME, AND CALLS HIMSELF 8Y HIS CELL NUMBER. LISTEN D] [Your acony is over. 1 HAVE COME TO TAKE YOU TO ENGLAND TO BE AT PEACE 7 ‘AND AT REST. AT ANOTHER TIME YOU SHALL KNOW. NOW I PRAY YOU TO TOUCH ME AND TO BLESS ME A TALE OF t WO CH A FEW DAYS LATER, OR. MANETTE, LUCIE AND MR LORRY SAILED FOR ENGLAND. AS THEY BOARDED THE SHIP. 8 CLASSICS PlLustrated "VE VEARS PASSED. IN LONDON, iN 1780, DR. MANETTE, NOW RESTORED 70 HEALTH, AND LUCIE WERE SUMMONED AS LL WITNESSES AT A TRIAL FOR TREASON. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARLES DARNAY. LUCIE WAS QUESTIONED — 01D YOU SEE THE DEFENDANT ON & BOAT CROSSING FROM FRANCE TO ENGLAND IN NOVEMBER, 1775 7 YES. HE WAS VERY KIND TO ME THEN, AND T HOPE IT 00 NOT HARM HIM TODAY. iF BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, F- | RG THE DEFENDANT THAT NIGHT WAS CARRYING MESSAGES THAT WERE TREASONOUS TO OUR Ki COLLECTING INFORMATION NEAR A GARRISON. 18" DARNAY'S LAWYER SPORE. THE DEFENDANT THAT NIGHT WAS TRAVELING ON PERSONAL AND BUSINESS MATTERS. THERE. DOES HE NOT p——A———J RESEMBLE DARNAY? = b ARE YOU SURE IT WAS DARNAY ? JHE WITNESS’ TESTIMONY WAS SMASHED. | Al HOUR Ano ONE-HALF LATER SOON "TER, THE JURY WENT OUT TO CONSIDER ITS VERDICT. -——-——— | WE FINO THE | | DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY. 10. CLASSICS Pllusbrated MR. DARNAY, WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ESCAPE FROM DEATH. Wen EvERYONE ELSE LEFT, SYDNEY CARTON APPROACHED DARNAY. LET ME SHOW YOU THE NEAREST TAVERN AT WHICH TO DINE. T_HARDLY SEEM TO BELONG TO THIS WORLD AGAIN AS FOR ME, THE GREATEST DESIRE I HAVE IS TO FORGET I BELONG TO IT, I CARE FOR NO MAN ON EARTH AND NO MAN ON EARTH CARES FOR NE. IT IS MUCH TO BE REGRETTED. YOU MIGHT HAVE USED YOUR TALENTS BE WWien 2aknar LEFT, CARTON STAYED ON TO FINISH iS BOTTLE OF WINE. TTER Pg anrone, one DAY, A CASK OF ‘WINE WAaS DROPPED AND IDE OF DEFARGE'S WINE SHOP. TE STARING PEOPLE RUSHED TO LICK UP THE | 1) WINE AS IT TRICKLED THROUGH THE COBBLE: Ti HORSES nrvocxeD CHILD STANDING IN 2 CLASSICS Plishrated m SY J Bg 17 15 EXTRAOROINARY THAT = 9 gy? YOU_PEOPLE CANNOT TAKE l 5 = ry | CARE OF YOURSELVES AND LO ee baci - ta ‘YOUR CHILDREN. o ip (0) il es j 1 h Zz I "| US: DROVE AWAY, THE THROWN BACK AT HIM. A TALE OF TWO CITIES. JHORTLY AFTER THE MARQUIS RETURNED TO HIS 1 BELIEVE YOUR CHATEAU, SERVANTS ANNOUNCED THE ARRIVAL OF HIS NAME TO BE MOF ES-=KNOWN IN ENGLAND AS CHARLES DETESTED THAN py WHAT IS THAT SHADOW? OPEN THE BLINDS / RENOUNCE YOUR Sead) NAME! T RENOUNCE YOUR PROPERTY! IF IT WERE MINE TOMORROW, 1 WOULD RENOUNCE IT AND LIVE OTHERWISE ‘AND ELSEWHERE THEN I AM FATIGUED ANO MUST SAY GOOD NIGHT. REMEMBER, CHARLES, THE MORE THE PEOPLE "HATE US, THE MORE HONORED IS OUR FAMILY. CLASSICS Plssbrated | Beez HIMSELF IN | DAUGHTER. LONDON AS A TUTOR. 4 = I WISH TO MARRY HER. IF LUCIE SHOULD TELL | THERE ARE TWO THINGS T ME YOU ARE ESSENTIAL MUST TELL YOU--MY To HER PERFECT | | TRUE NAME ANO WHY HAPPINESS, I A I AM IN ENGLAND, WILL GIVE HER }— . TO YOU. — WAIT! iF YOU MUST, TELL ME ON THE DAY OF YOUR WEDDING, NOT BEFORE. Derer BEGAN TO COURT LUCIE. SHE LOVED HiM AS MUCH AS HE LOVED HER. NE DAY, LUCIE WAS VISITED BY SYDNEY CARTON, WHO HAD BEEN 4 FREQUENT GUEST AT THE MANETTES'| ‘HOME. I KNOW YOU CAN HAVE NO TENDERNESS FOR ME. I ASK FOR NONE. MY LIFE 1S WASTED can you |{ IT 1S Too LATE oT FOR THAT. CHANGE || SHALL NEVER BE TP BETTER THAN I AM. T SHALL SINK LOWER AND BE WORSE-~ & WASTED, DRUNK FOR YOU, AND FOR ANY DEAR TO YOU, I WOULD 00 ANYTHING.” I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE TO KEEP A LIFE YOU LOVE BESIDE YOU. TUE OY FINALLY CAME WHEN LUCIE AND CHARLES DARNAY WERE TO BE MARRIED, THAT MORNING NAME AND THE REASON I AM IN ENGLAND. 1 AM THE MARQUIS SAINT I DESPISE MY INHERITED RIGHTS. T HAVE LEFT MY FAMILY PROPERTY IN THE CHARGE OF A SERVANT WITH ORDERS TO PLAGUE THE PEOPLE ONGE! CHARLES, PROMISE (Ate THAT Day, LUCIE AND jy ME YOU WILL NEVER q OARNAY WERE MARRIED. TELL ANYONE ELSE - 7 \ YOUR TRUE IDENTITY A TALE OF TWO CITIES WE YEARS PASSED. INV FRANCE, CONDITIONS GREW (IT IS A LONG WORSE, THERE WAS TALK OF REVOLT. <=} | TIME COMING Kr ENGLANO, DARNAY q a NICE OF YOU TO T CAME TO SEE AND HIS WEE x = VISIT, CARTON. }f| MY LITTLE LUCIE LIVED HAPPILY. A > DAUGHTER, LUCIE, Was 1 ‘BORN, AND GREW. CAME THE Eve { 1 FEEL AN NO, I_FEEL IT, TOO. THERE WULY 14, 1789, | UNEASINESS IS 'A FOREBODING OF SOME IN THE AIR GREAT, T#, FOLLOWING DAY, A TREMENDOUS ROAR ROSE FROM THE THROAT OF SAINT ANTOINE, THE TIME HAD COME 7 T DEFARGE'S WINE SHOP TODAY, I PUT DOWN y F MY KNITTING AND SEPARATE AND PUT TAKE UP THIS AXE. YOURSELVES AT THE plj “ ERGO HEAD OF AS MANY PATRIOTS AS YOU CAN. fi I_SHALL LEAD THE WOMEN. COME, THEN! PATRIOTS WE CAN KILL AS WELL. AND FRIENDS, WE ARE Pa AS THE MEN READY/ TO THE BASTILLE/ A TALE OF TWO CITIES Wm A ROAR THAT SOUNDED AS iF ALL THE BREATH IN FRANCE HAD BEEN SHAPED INTO IT, THE MOB, ARMED WITH HUNGER AND REVENGE, BA ROSE AND FLOWED INTO THE CITY. ALARM BELLS RINGING, DRUMS BEATING, THE ATTACK ON THE MSTLLE BEGAN, CLASSICS. DEFARGE SEIZED ONE THEY SURRENDER! THEY SURRENDER! PPS stow me To THE CELL, } 105, NORTH TOWER. pags teat ono) PY ae A.M./ THE INITIALS OF ] [OR ALEXANDRE MANETTE / THESE ARE THE PAPERS I WANT! Jes A TALE OF TWO CITIES WE FRENCH REVOLUTION, a BUT, MR LORRY, MUST ONCE BEGUN, RAGED ON YoU GO TO PARIS? THE 70 THE TERROR AND GUILLOTINE 1S HARO WONDER OF THE WORLD. T WORK. THREE YEARS PASSED IN AUGUST, 1792, AT TELLSON'S' BANK MM LONDON MY DEAR CHARLES, I MUST GO_AND ATTEND TO CERTAIN MATTERS FOR THE BANK. PARIS IS SAFE ENOUGH FOR ME. IT 1S THE FRENCH EMIGRANTS WHO ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING THEIR HEADS BY THE WAY, HERE IS A LETTER ‘SMUGGLED FROM FRANCE THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKEO TO DELIVER TO AN EMIGRANT. HOWEVER, I_DON'T KNOW WHO THE PERSON IS. 22 KNOW LET ME DELIVER THE LETTER FOR YOU. I THE FELLOW. T_SHOULD NOT HAVE LEFT POOR GABELLE TO HANDLE MY ESTATE ALONE. I HAVE NEGLECTED My | |; DUTIES IN FRANCE T# NIGHT, DARNAY WROTE LETTERS OF EXPLANATION TO LUCIE AND OR MANETTE Ik | Ta | ALTALE OF TWO CITIES ss 23 | HE WAS STOPPED ALONG EMIGRANT, I AM GOING Z THE TO PARIS. TO SEND YOU ON TO PARIS UNDER AN ESCORT. fr PARIS, HE WAS TAKEN BEFORE AN OFFICER OF THE PEOPLE. I AM NO EMIGRANT. AND I AM NOW IN FRANCE OF MY OWN : FREE WILL. pe BUT HAVE I NOT THE RIGHT TO. EMIGRANTS HAVE] NO RIGHTS f SENT TO THE || LAW ANDO | | AND NEW OFFENSES PRISON OF (| FOR WHAT | | SINCE YoU = YOU WiLL BE) (UNDER WHAT) ( WE HAVE NEW LAWS. LA FORGE. }/\{ OFFENSE ? 24 CLASSICS Illustrated FEW DAYS LATER, | ff cucter of. maNeTTe? AS MR. LORRY |” We WHAT HAS HAPPENED? WORKED IN TELLSON'S fe | what Has BROUGHT OFFICE IN PARIS, THE : DOOR BURST OPEN YOU HERE ? a Wee [ CHARLES IS HERE/ AN ERRAND OF )I| CALM YOURSELF, LUCIE, WE SHALL FIND GENEROSITY BROUGHT HIM HERE HIM. I HAVE BEEN A BASTILLE PRISONER, UNKNOWN TO US. HE HAS BEEN SENT AND THERE IS NO. PATRIOT IN PARIS WHO TO LA FORCE PRISON? WOULD NOT : WELCOME ME. WITH OPEN ARMS iF YOU REALLY HAVE THE POWER YOU THINK YOU HAVE, MAK I WILL GO. LUCIE, I BEG YOU TO REMAIN HERE » MAKE WITH THE CHILD AND OUR FAITHFUL FRIEND, YOURSELF KNOWN TO THESE DEVILS | | MISS PROSS. YOU MUST AND GET TAKEN TO LA FORCE. 7g ep, : Ne WA H 7] Pee De ® 7 ss > Ge Ne 1 wa mee 'URNEL P MY SON-IN-LAW IS) WE WILL NOT Days ‘Sui I WAS TAKEN BEFORE A ‘A PRISONER HERE. RELEASE HIM. SELF-APPOINTED COURT I BEG YOU FOR BUT WE WILL SITTING AT LA FORCE. I HIS LIFE AND KEEP HIM IN TOLD THI LIBERTY. SAFE _CUSTOOY. FOr 7: Ae By 9 ™ Tay mh "ETEEN MONTHS PASSED. DURING THAT TIME, LUCIE WAS NEVER SURE, FROM HOUR TO HOUR, BUT 1] THAT’ THE GUILLOTINE WOULD STRIKE OFF HER HUSBAND'S. JFUely, CHARLES DARNAY WAS BROUGHT TO TRIAL THAT DAY, FIFTEEN PRISONERS HAD ALREADY BEEN TRIED, ALL WERE CONDEMNED. 28 ___ CLASSICS Plustrated 18 IT NOT TRUE THAT YOU HAVE LIVED FOR MANY e-|, YEARS IN ENGLAND ? YOU ARE ACCUSED OF BEING AN EMIGRANT UNDER THE DECREE WHICH BANISHES ALL EMIGRANTS ON PAIN OF DEATH. — + VOLUNTARILY I RELINQUISHED A [eur DID YOU NOT T_ MARRIED A TITLE THAT WAS DISTASTEFUL TO ME, || MARRY IN ENGLAND?) | CITIZENESS OF FRANCE, TO LIVE BY MY OWN INDUSTRY IN LUCIE MANETTE, DAUGHTER ENGLAND, RATHER THAN LIVE ON OF DR.ALEXANDRE ¢——4 THE INDUSTRY OF THE OVERLADEN PEOPLE OF FRANCE aera] RETURNED BECAUSE OF THE PLEA OF A FORMER SERVANT, GABELLE, WHOSE FE WAS ENDANGEREO BY MY ABSENCE fr BECAUSE I Had] [WHY DID You RETURN NO MEANS OF TO FRANCE WHEN SUPPORT IN FRANCE, WHEREAS IN ENGLAND I LIVED BY BEING A TUTOR OF FRENCH. WHY DID YOU NOT. RETURN TO FRANCE A TALE OF TWO CITIES 29 MEN GABELLE, WHO WAS FREED WHEN DARNAY RETURNED TO FRANCE, TESTIFIED. p IT 1S TRUE. T BEGGED MONSIEUR TO RETURN TO SAVE ME WWE NEXT WITNESS WAS DR MANETTE, THE ACCUSED WAS THE FIRST FRIEND I HAD UPON MY RELEASE FROM THE BASTILLE. HE HAS REMAINED DEVOTED TO MY DAUGHTER AND TO ME IN OUR EXILE THE JURY. WE ARE REAI SHOUT ROSE FROM |( WE HAVE HEARD ENOUGH TO VOTE. I DECLARE | YOU FREE ND THE MOB CARRIED WiM HOME IN TRIUMPH, M2 CLASSICS Lagholet JARNAY WAS REUNITED WITH HIS PML I CAN NEVER THANK YOU ENOUGH NO OTHER MAN COULD HAVE DONE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME DEAR CHILD, DON'T TREMBLE SO. T HAVE F- SAVED HIM [ wHat CaN THIS BE? HIDE CHARLES / SAVE HIM 1 HAVE SAVED HIM. LET ME GO TO THE DOOR. A TALE OF TWO Cities y ———7 WE COME TO ARREST THE CITIZEN EVREMONDE, ¢ CALLED DARNAY. TELL ME HOW AND WHY TAM AGAIN A PRISONER. AND DENOUNCED BY THE SECTION OF SAINT ANTOINE.. 00 YOU ASK, CITIZEN DOCTOR? CITIZEN AND CITIZENESS DEFARGE-~AND ONE OTHER. Ptren, you wit Be i ANSWERED AT THE ba TRIAL TOMORROW, } CLASSICS Illustrated EANWHILE, UNKNOWN 4TH 70 ANYONE EXCEPT MR_LORRY, SYDNEY CARTON WAD ARRIVED IN PARIS. THAT NIGHT. 1 Have BaD NEWS. DARNAY HAS BEEN BUT I LEFT HIM SAFE AND FREE WITHIN THESE TWO HOURS / CAN THIS MAN HELP US? T_LEARNED OF HIS ARREST FROM A PRISON SPY WHOSE FRIENDSHIP I HAVE GAINED. Prot muck. BUT iF THE TRIAL SHOULD } GO ILL with | baRNaY, I CAN | GET TO [mis cELL "ARTON SPENT THE REST OF THE NIGHT WANDERING THE DARK STREETS OF PARIS, MIS MIND FILLED WITH THOUGHTS OF LUCIE sae AND HER CHILD (THEN HE STOPPED AT a CHEMISTS SHOP AND MAQE A PURCHASE. 33 CHARLES EVREMONDE, YOU ARE A DENOUNCED ENEMY OF THE REPUBLIC, w| ONE OF A FAMILY OF TYRANTS By i =| TO TRIAL. THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SPOKE. WHO HAS DENOUNCED Jal ERNEST THERESE DEFARGI THE ACCUSED ? DEFARGE_} | Sy HIS WIFE =| AND ONE OTHER ALEXANDRE MANETTE, PHYSICIAN. 7 MALE AND TREMBLING, (>) ———— J I InoiGnanTLy PROTEST To You OR. MANETTE ROSE. THAT THIS 1S A FORGERY AND A FRAUD. WHO AND WHERE IS THE FALSE CONSPIRATOR WHO SAYS THAT T DENOUNCE THE HUSBAND LISTEN TO WHAT IS TO FOLLOW. IN THE MEANTIME, BE SILENT / INFORM THE COURT OF WHAT YOU DID THE DAY THE BASTILLE WAS STORMED. I WENT TO THE CELL KNOWN AS 105, NORTH TOWER, WHERE DR. MANETTE HAD BEEN CONFINED FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS, THERE I DISCOVERED PAPERS WRITTEN BY HIM. A TALE OF TWO CITIES 3S “J WRITE THE TRUTH OF MY " CAPTIVITY HERE. I PRAY "X Alesendre Manette, vite this melee daly apes in wy colt Blin the Bestite uring the et mere ap LIED ‘O”. CLOUDY NIGHT, IN DECEMBER, 1757, AS I WALKED ALONG THE |< SEIME RIVER, A CARRIAGE CAME TOWARD ME. ak “Tie, YOUNG _MEN INSIDE WERE OBVIOUSLY TWIN BROTHERS. DOG, WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG? F Tun. THE OTHER BROTHER STRUCK THE SERVANT IN THE SAME WAY. Eo ner wre 2G bs INDEED TWINS. a - a aS TT] 2), “J "AS TAKEN TO 4 ROOM WHERE A WOMAN OF GREAT BEAUTY LAY peo “JN 4 LOFT OVER THE STABLE WAS THE SICK WOMAN'S YOUNG BROTHER. HE WAS DYING OF A A TALE OF TWO CITIES 7 { THE PEASANT/ HE IS HONORED/ HE WILL DIE BY MY BROTHER'S SWORD LIKE A m= GENTLEMAN |= WE WERE TAXED WITHOUT MERCY. WE WORKED WITHOUT PAY. WE. WERE ROBBED AND HUNTED AND THEY WORKED MY SISTER'S HUSBAND SO CRUELLY THAT HE DIED. THEN THEY TOOK My SISTER TO - [uy FATHER DIED OF GRIEF I CAME HERE TO SAVE MY SISTER. NOW I DIE, TOO. [ Marquis, IN THE DAYS WHEN ALL OF | THESE CRIMES ARE TO BE ANSWERED FOR, I SUMMON YOU AND DANTS TO ANSWER FOR THEM/ hee see YOUR DES a

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