Characters

A Tale of Two Cities

Published 1859

Scene: London and Paris

Time: 1775 to 1792

Doctor Manette A French physician

Rescued after long imprisonment in the Bastille

Lucie His daughter

Miss Pross Her English nurse

Sydney Carton An idle and dissipated law student

Mr. Lorry The agent of an English bank doing
business in Paris

The Marquis de St. Evrémonde A French nobleman

Charles Darnay His nephew

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

Gabelle The steward of Darnay's French estates

Defarge A Paris wine shop keeper

A leader of the revolutionists

Madame Defarge His wife

Barsad A spy and turnkey