A Tale of Two Cities — Christmas Gift Edition Book Club Kit | Twelve Nights Plan, 40 Spoiler-Fenced Questions, Phiz Spot the Plate (Printable PDF)

The working half of the Christmas Gift Edition — everything a book club needs on the table for a Dickens Christmas, in one printable PDF (34 pages, US Letter).

INSIDE:

• A Twelve Nights Reading for Christmas — the whole novel in twelve sittings, 14 December to Christmas Day.
• For the Giver and the Host — inscription, table and hosting notes for the season.
• The four-meeting Reading Schedule.
• Who's Who of both cities.
• The Explainers — the Revolution timeline, the Terror and the guillotine, Tellson's and the Dover road, period money and customs.
• Spot the Plate — the signature activity: Phiz's 1859 plates without captions, five hidden details to find in each, answer key at the back.
• All forty discussion questions arranged by meeting and SPOILER-FENCED — the ending stays sealed until the final meeting.
• A short life of Dickens, a note on the text and the period, and ruled notes pages after every meeting.

Print one copy for the host or one for every reader; the questions are licensed for book-club use.

Companion to A Tale of Two Cities — The Christmas Gift Edition (eBook and large-format gift hardcover).

The novel's text and Phiz's illustrations are public domain; this kit © 2026 Horace Harriott Jr.