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Tales from Dickens

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

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Published 1859

Scene:London and Paris

Time:1775 to 1792

CHARACTERS

Doctor ManetteA French physician

Rescued after long imprisonment in the Bastille

LucieHis daughter

Miss ProssHer English nurse

Sydney CartonAn idle and dissipated law student

Mr. LorryThe agent of an English bank doing business in Paris

The Marquis de St. EvrémondeA French nobleman

Charles DarnayHis nephew

A young Frenchman living in England as a tutor Later, the Marquis de St. Evrémonde, and Lucie's husband

GabelleThe steward of Darnay's French estates

DefargeA Paris wine shop keeper

A leader of the revolutionists

Madame DefargeHis wife

BarsadA spy and turnkey

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