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A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

January 27, 2014 By Denton Dickens Fellowship staff

This, the second of Dickens’s two historical novels, relates to the French Revolution, the two cities being London and Paris. French-born Charles Darnay, settled in London, returns to Paris to help save the life of his agent, but is eventually himself condemned to death. He is saved by the self-sacrifice of Sydney Carton, who takes his place, having previously led a debauched and wasteful life. Carton’s words at the very end of the novel are widely familiar: It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.

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