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A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens. The plot

centres

on

the

years

leading

up

to

the

French

Revolution

and

culminates

in

the

Jacobin

Reign of Terror. It tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton,

who look

similar

but are very different in personality. Darnay is a

romantic

French

aristocrat,

while

Carton

is

a

cynical

English

barrister.

However,

the

two

are

in

love

with the same woman, Lucie Manette.

Other

major

characters

in

the

book

include

Dr.

Alexandre

Manette

(Lucie's

father),

who was unjustly imprisoned in the infamous Bastille for many years under a lettre

de cachet, and Madame Defarge, a

female revolutionary with a

grudge

against the Evr

é

monde family.

Plot summary

[edit] Book the First: Recalled to Life

Jarvis Lorry travels to Dover to meet a young woman, Lucie Manette, in 177 When

he arrives, he informs her that her father, Doctor Manette, whom she previously

believed to be dead, has actually been incarcerated as a prisoner in Paris for the

past

eighteen

years,

and

has

recently

been

released

by

the

French

government.

Tellson

’

s

Bank

is

sending

Lorry

to

identify

the

doctor

(who

had

been

one

of

Tellson

’

s

clients)

and bring him to England. The news upsets Lucie greatly; he tries to comfort her,

but Miss Pross takes over when she fears he has frightened Lucie too much.

The story shifts abruptly to Saint Antoine, a suburb of Paris, where a cask of

wine accidentally splits and spills on the ground. The poor seize the unexpected

windfall, jubilantly drinking the wine off the street. Watching the degradation in

disgust

is

Defarge,

the

owner

of

a

wineshop

and

leader

of

a

band

of

revolutionaries.

Afterwards,

she

goes

back

into

her

shop

and

talks

to

a

group

of

fellow

revolutionaries,

who call each other

Mr. Lorry and Lucie Manette arrive and Defarge takes them to his apartment to

see

Dr.

Manette.

The

doctor

is,

to

all

appearances,

completely

mad.

He

sits

in

a

dark

room all day making shoes, as he did while in prison. Lucie takes him to England.

[edit] Book the Second: The Golden Thread

Five

years

later

(1780),

Dr.

Manette

has

recovered

from

his

ordeal.

French

emigre

Charles Darnay is tried at the Old Bailey for spying. Those testifying against him

are a John Barsad and a Roger Cly, who claim that he had been reporting on English

troops

in

North

America

to

the

French.

Dr.

Manette

and

his

daughter

vouch

for

Darnay

because he had sailed with them on their voyage to England. In the end, Darnay is

acquitted because the witnesses are unable to tell him apart from junior defense

counsel Sydney Carton, who bears a striking resemblance to him. Carton is depicted

unflatteringly as a drunkard; conversely Darnay is set out as a handsome, gallant

victim

of

a

deficient

British

legal

process.

Carton

becomes

enamoured

with

Lucie

and

jealous of Darnay.

In

Paris,

the

Marquis

St.

Evr

é

monde,

Darnay's

uncle,

is

returning

from

an

audience

with Monseigneur, one of the 'greatest lords in France', when his coach runs over

and kills the son of the peasant Gaspard; he throws a coin to Gaspard to compensate

him

for

his

loss;

in

the

assembled

crowd

is

the

implacable

tricoteuse,

Madame

Defarge.

She throws the money back, enraging the Marquis and leading him to exclaim that he

would willingly kill any of the peasants of France.

On

his

way

back

to

his

chteau,

the

Marquis

passes

through

a

village,

where

a

road

mender

tells

him

that

he

saw

a

man

clinging

to

the

bottom

of

his

carriage.

The

Marquis

has his servant investigate, but no one is found.

Darnay returns to France to meet his uncle. Their political positions

are

diametrically

opposed:

Darnay

is

a

democrat,

while

the

Marquis

is

an

adherent

of

the

ancien r

é

gime. The Marquis is portrayed as a cruel, heartless nobleman:

is

the

only

lasting

philosophy.

The

dark

deference

of

fear

and

slavery,

my friend,

as this roof,

That

night,

Gaspard,

the

man

who

had

ridden

underneath

the

carriage,

murders

the

Marquis in his sleep. Gaspard is later captured and hanged for his crime.

Returning to England, Darnay asks Dr. Manette for his consent to marry Lucie.

He is not the only suitor however. Both Stryver, Carton's patron (by way of comic

relief) and, more seriously, Carton himself, are captivated by her. Carton is the

only one who reveals his feelings directly to Lucie--Stryver is convinced of the

futility of his aspirations, and Darnay proposes the marriage to Dr. Manette. When

Carton confesses his love to Lucie, he admits he is incapable of making her happy;

she

has

inspired

him

to

lead

a

better

life,

but

he

lacks

the

energy

to

follow

through.

However, he promises to

Meanwhile, Darnay agrees to reveal his true surname to Dr. Manette on the morning

of his marriage to Lucie.