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During two weeks I finished reading two English books. One is "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," another is "A Tale of two cities."

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was written by Robert Louis Stevenson, retold by Stephen Colbourn. This book is at elementary level. There are approximately 1,110 basic words in it.The main story is talking about a good, kind doctor, named Dr. Jekyll. He indulges in scientific research. One day, he created a kind of white powder. While taking the white chemical, Dr. Jekyll turns into another person, who is ugly and evil, named Hyde .At first, Dr. Jekyll thought he can control the evil part of him. But, finally, he failed. In order to prevent more tragedies happen, Dr. Jekyll took poison in the end. The story was adapted to movie in 2003.

This book seems a household story, when I shred the story to my friends, they all knew it. I only spent three day finishing this book, because I am really interested in it.

And there some vivid pictures in it, maybe it is a part of the reason that I loved this book.

"A tale of two cities " was written by Charles Dickens, retold by Stephen Colbourn.

This book is at beginner level. There are 600 basic words in the book.

The background of this story is the revolution in French. And the story happened in London and Paris.

Mr. Charles Darnay and Mr. Sydney Carton looks alike. But they have different personalities. Both of them love Miss Lucie .Manatte. Charles is a nephew of the French marquis, but he was kind, not like his uncle. People in French hate the tyrannic government, the raised a revolution. Because Charles is an aristocrat, citizens in French want him to die. At that time Charles and Lucie had been married. Carton sacrifice himself to save Charles because his love for Lucie.

What a tragedy. At first, I wasn't interest in it because there are many people between two countries. I tended to get confused. But the last part of the book really touched my heart.

Both of the two books are worth reading!