A Tale of Two Cities

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens captures the harsh reality of the French Revolution, comparing life in London and Paris, through telling the story of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton and their conflict with the cynical Madame Defarge. Told by an anonymous narrator, who may be Dickens himself, we find Madame Defarge seeks revenge against Darnay while several others strive to protect Darnay from the revolutionaries' guillotine.
The novel opens recounting the ongoing murder of aristocrats after the storming of the Bastille. The Defarges demand the imprisonment of Darnay, who has gone to Paris to save Gabelle. In a court trial, Defarge reads a letter incriminating Darnay as a member of a cruel aristocratic lineage, seeking to end Darnay's life. Darnay is sentenced to death, but saved when Carton sacrifices himself for Darnay.

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