A Tale of Two Cities (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Dickens
- First Published: 1859
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: French Revolution
- Setting: France and England
- Principal Characters: Dr. Manette, Lucie Manette, Mr. Lorry, Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, Miss Pross, Madame Defarge, Monsieur Defarge
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Values, France or French people, Love or romance, Social issues, Mistaken or secret identity, Paris, Trials, England or English people, London, Adventure, French Revolution, Sacrifice
- Locales: France, England
The Story:
The early rumblings of the French Revolution were echoing across the English Channel when, in Paris, an old man waited in an attic for his first meeting with a daughter whom he had not seen since she was a baby. With the aid of Mr. Jarvis Lorry, an agent for the Franco-British banking house of Tellson & Co., the lovely Lucie Manette had been brought to Paris to be reunited with her father, who had been imprisoned for eighteen years in the Bastille. Above the wine shop of Madame and Monsieur Defarge, Dr. Manette was kept secretly until his rescuers could take him...
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