A Tale of Two Cities

Set against the turmoil of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities follows the lives of Doctor Manette, recently freed after eighteen years in the Bastille, and his daughter Lucie, as they begin anew in London. Their quiet life soon entangles with two very different men—Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat fleeing his past, and Sydney Carton, a brilliant but disillusioned English lawyer. As revolution erupts in Paris, all are drawn into a web of political violence, personal sacrifice, and moral reckoning.

A departure from Dickens’s typical social satire, this sweeping historical novel explores love, redemption, and the cost of justice in a world on the brink of chaos. Widely considered one of his greatest works, it remains a stirring portrait of human resilience in the face of collective upheaval.