A Tale of Two Cities appeared between 30 April through 26 November 1859 in thirty-one weekly parts in All the Year Round and eight monthly instalments — List of Seventeen Illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz); including Frontispiece "Hundreds of People" or "Under the Plane Tree" (Book II, Chapter 6), and Title-page Vignette "In the Bastille" (Book III, Chapter 10); neither were issued until the final, double number (26 November 1859).

  • 1A. The Mail, Book I, Chapter 2 (for June, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 30 April).
  • 1B. The Shoemaker, Book I, Chapter 6 (for June, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 2 May).
  • 2A. The Likeness, Book II, Chapter 3 (for July, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 4 June).
  • 2B. Congratulations, Book II, Chapter 4 (for July, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 4 June).
  • 3A. The Stoppage at the Fountain, Book II, Chapter 7 (for August, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 25 June).
  • 3B. Mr. Stryver at Tellson's Bank, Book II, Chapter 2 (for August, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 6 July).
  • 4A. The Spy's Funeral, Book II, Chapter 4 (for September, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 23 July).
  • 4B. The Wine-shop, Book II, Chapter 6 (for September, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 6 August).
  • 5A. The Accomplices, Book II, Chapter (for October, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 20 August).
  • 5B. The Sea Rises, Book II, Chapter 22 (for October, 1859; issued issued in weekly numbers 3 September).
  • 6A. Before the Prison Tribunal, Book III, Chapter (for November, 1859, published 31 Oct.; issued in weekly numbers 17 September).
  • 6B. The Knock at the Door, Book III, Chapter 7 (for November, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 8 October).
  • 7A. The Double Recognition, Book III, Chapter 8 (for December, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 5 October).
  • 7B. After the Sentence, Book III, Chapter (for December 1859; issued in weekly numbers 5 November).
  • 7C. In the Bastille, vignette, Book III, Chapter 10 (for December, 1859; issued in weekly numbers 2 October); issued in the December instalment, a double number (parts 7 and 8 together), and also as the title-page vignette for first volume edition (Nov. 26, 1859).
  • 7D. Frontispiece "Hundreds of People" or "Under the Plane Tree" (Book II, Chapter 6).
  • 8. Cover (No. II), July 1859.

    • Note: Pictures 7B and C in the sequence depict incidents with which readers following A Tale of Two Cities in All the Year Round but also purchasing the monthly parts would have been familiar.

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    Browne, Edgar. Phiz and Dickens As They Appeared to Edgar Browne. London: James Nisbet, 1913.

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    Cohen, Jane R. "Part Two. Dickens and His Principal Illustrator. Ch. 4. Hablot Browne." Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators. Columbus: University of Ohio Press, 1980. 61-124.

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