A Tale of Two Cities

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…

Set in London and Paris, A Tale of Two Cities paints a story

of economical and political unrest at the time of the French Revolution.

After serving 18 years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the

ageing Alexandre Manette is finally released and united with his

daughter Lucie in England. As the lives of Alexandre and Lucie

intertwine with those around them - most namely Charles Darnay and

Sydney Carton, two very different men drawn together by their

love for Lucie - the rising tensions in France and the violent eruption

of the revolution climax in the storming of the Bastille.

Initially described as an experiment, and widely considered to be

Dickens’ most tightly plotted novel, it is easy to see why A

Tale of Two Cities remains one of his most popular books.