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1、A Tale of Two Cities A Brief Introduction The “two cities” are Paris, in the time of the French revolution, and London. Dr. Manette, a French physician, having been called in to attend a young peasant and his sister in circumstances that made him aware that the girl had been out-rageously treated an

2、d the boy mortally wounded by the marquis de St Evremonde and his brother, has been confined for 18 years in the Bastille, secure his silence. 2022-2-121 He has just been released demented, when the story opens; he is brought to England, where he gradually recovers his sanity. Charles Darnay, who co

3、nceals under the name the fact that he is a nephew of the marquis, has left France and renounced his heritage from detestation of the cruel practices of the old French nobility; he falls in love with Lucie, Dr. Manettes daughter, and they are happily married. 2022-2-122 During the Terror he goes to

4、Paris to try to save a faithful servant, who is accused of having served the emigrant nobility. He is himself arrested, condemned to death, and saved only at the last moment by Sydney Carton.2022-2-123vSydney Carton is a reckless wastrel of an English barrister, whose character is redeemed by his ge

5、nerous devotion to Lucie. Carton, who strikingly resembles Darnay in appearance, smuggles the latter out of prison, and takes his place on the scaffold.2022-2-124 Movie: The narrative includes several striking minor characters among them the fanatical Madame Defarge, the upright Miss Pross and Jerry

6、 Cruncher, the odd-job man and part-time grave robber but contemporaries were disappointed by the novels lack of humour. It is most alive in its descriptions of mob violence. 2022-2-125 The book gives a vivid picture (modelled on Carlyles The French Revolution) of Paris at that period. It can be con

7、sidered as a great historical novel. On the one hand, it exposes the cruel aristocracy; on the other hand, it shows respect for those kind-hearted, benevolent people. Its also the authors claim for social reform and humanity. To better understand the theme of the novel, the opening of the novel is s

8、elected here. Try to tell how the opening helps with the theme. 2022-2-126nIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way in short, the period was so far like the present period, that som