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Dr Manette (Lucie's father), who was unjustly imprisoned in the infamous Bastille

Madame Defarge, a female revolutionary with an implacable grudge against the aristocratic Evrémonde dynasty.

Jarvis Lorry

to meet a young woman, Lucie Manette, in 1775

she previously believed to be dead

he informs her that her father, Doctor Manette

Lorry

Lorry to identify the doctor

Tellson's Bank

incarcerated as a prisoner in Paris for the past eighteen years

released by the French government

and bring him to England

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

a cask of wine accidentally splits and spills on the ground. The poor seize the unexpected windfall, jubilantly drinking the wine off the stree

Saint Antoine, a suburb of Paris

Defarge, the owner of a wineshop and leader of a band of revolutionaries.

fellow revolutionaries, who call each other "Jacques"

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

He sits in a dark room all day making shoes, as he did while in prison

John Barsad

French emigre Charles Darnay is tried at the Old Bailey for spying

the Marquis St. Evrémonde, Darnay's uncl

Dr. Manette and his daughter vouch for Darnay

Roger Cly

Darnay is acquitted

witnesses are unable to tell him apart

Sydney Carton

Darnay is set out as a handsome

Carton becomes enamoured with Lucie and jealous of Darnay.

Carton is depicted unflatteringly as a drunkard

his coach runs over and kills the son of the peasant Gaspard;

Madame Defarge. She throws the money back,

a coin to Gaspard to compensate him for his loss

he would willingly kill any of the peasants of France

The Marquis is portrayed as a cruel, heartless nobleman:

Darnay returns to France to meet his uncle.

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

That night, Gaspard

Darnay asks Dr. Manette for his consent to marry Lucie.

Carton himself, are captivated by her. Carton is the only one who reveals his feelings directly to Lucie

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

lead a better life

lacks the energy to follow through

he promises to "embrace any sacrifice" for her or one that she loves.

to reveal his true surname to Dr. Manette

They learn

Madame Defarge takes the long view, as opposed to her husband, who is impatient to bring on the revolution

Monsieur and Madame Defarge foment Jacobin sympathies

that a spy is to be quartered in Saint Antoine. He is John Barsad, one of those who had given false testimony against Darnay.

to lead her into discussing the impending execution of the unfortunate Gaspard

Barsad enters the Defarges' wine shop

he mentions that Darnay is to be married to Lucie Manette.

this unhinges Dr. Manette, who reverts to his obsessive shoemaking

Darnay, at Dr. Manette's request, reveals who his family is, a detail which Dr. Manette had asked him to withhold until then

to prevent a further relapse, Lorry destroys the shoemaking bench which Dr. Manette had brought with him from France.

Marquis' retainers, Gabelle, and beseeches the new Marquis to come to his aid.

a letter is delivered to Tellson's bank, addressed to the heir of the Marquis of Evrémond

He makes plans to travel to Paris, where the Reign of Terror is running its bloody course, blithely indifferent to the danger.

His military escort takes him to Paris, where he is imprisoned

Darnay is denounced by the revolutionaries as an emigrant, an aristocrat, and a traitor

Jerry Cruncher

Lucie

Miss Pross

"Little Lucie"

Dr. Manette

Dr. Manette tries to use his influence as a well-known former prisoner of the Bastille to have his son-in-law freed.

meet with Mr. Lorry

After a year and three months, Dr. Manette successfully defends Darnay at his trial.

Miss Pross finds her long-lost brother, Solomon Pross

He then blackmails Solomon Pross, telling him that he knows that he is a spy, as he had overheard his conversation inside the tavern, and a double agent, working for both the French and British governments at different times. Pross reluctantly gives in to Carton's demands.

he is confronted by Defarge, who identifies Darnay as the Marquis St. Evremonde

the revolutionary tribunal

Darnay

reads from the paper found in Dr. Manette's cell.

he had been locked away in the Bastille by the deceased Marquis Evrémonde and his twin brother for trying to report their horrific crimes against a peasant family. The younger brother had become infatuated with a girl. He had kidnapped and raped her and killed her husband, brother, and father. Prior to his death, the brother had hidden the last member of the family, his younger sister, "somewhere safe."

The paper concludes by condemning the Evrémondes and all of their descendants, therefore adding Dr. Manette's condemnation to those of the Defarges.

is sentenced to be guillotined within twenty-four hours.

Carton

he overhears Madame Defarge talking about her plans to have Darnay's entire family condemned

Carton discovers that she was the survivor of the ill-fated family mentioned in Dr. Manette's letter.

stops at the Defarge wine shop

He quickly informs Mr. Lorry and urges him and the others to leave France as soon as possible.

because of his love for Lucie and friendship with Darnay, has decided to trade places with him

As Darnay is unwilling, Carton drugs him and has him carried out to a waiting carriage.

On the day of his execution, Darnay is visited by Carton

Darnay, Dr. Manette, Mr. Lorry, Lucie, and her child flee France. Darnay uses Carton's papers to cross the border and presumably escape to England.

Barsad, tells Carton to remain true to their agreement

Miss Pross and Mr. Cruncher, who had not left with the others, prepare to depart. Meanwhile, Madame Defarge goes to the residence of Lucie and her family, believing that if she can catch them in the act of mourning for Darnay, that they could be held accountable for sympathizing with an enemy of the Republic. Miss Pross sends Mr. Cruncher out to fetch a carriage. While he is away, she is confronted by Madame Defarge. Knowing that if Madame Defarge realizes that her would-be victims have already departed, she might be able to have them stopped and brought back to Paris, Miss Pross pretends they are in another room by closing the door and placing herself in front of it. Madame Defarge figures out the fact that nobody is in the room and realizes they had already left. She fakes ignorance and orders Miss Pross to move away, but she refuses. They struggle and Madame Defarge is shot and killed by her own pistol; the noise of the shot permanently deafens Miss Pross. Miss Pross and Cruncher then quickly leave.

The novel concludes with the death of Sydney Carton. If he had any chance to express his final thoughts, they would be full of prophecy: Monsieur Defarge himself be sent to the guillotine, and a future child of Charles and Lucie Darnay named after Carton.

Lucie Manette