Publisher's Synopsis
A tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens about Paris and London during the French Revolution. Jarvis Lorry travels to Paris to reunite Dr. Manette with his long-lost daughter, Lucie.Five years later, Lucie marries Charles Darnay, who confesses to Dr. Manette that he is a member of the French aristocracy. When Darnay returns to Paris to save a former servant, he is arrested by the revolutionaries and sentenced to death.Sydney Carton, who resembles Darnay, trades places with him in prison and dies on the guillotine in his stead.
