A Tale of Two Cities Summary

A Tale of Two Cities Summary Following a society descend in the late 1700s, A Tale of Two Cities bases its plot on the pre-revolutionary and revolutionary circumstances that plagued France and England. The book has many plots and sub-plots, only if it mainly follows the emotional state of Charles Darnay as he lives in this era. Charles Darnay, nephew of the cruel marquis Evremonde, is on exam in Britain for treason. He is about to be executed but hence in released on account of Sydney Carton, a worthless drunk.Carton states to the jury his proportion to Darney, convincing the jury that they got the wrong man. Meanwhile in France the conditions for its citizens and the poverty direct worsens every moment. While the poor are on the streets, aristocrats are, though, richer that ever. As the Marquis Evremonde was in his carriage in France he ran over a tike child. Because of this, and because of the overall cruelty of the aristocracy in France Darnay renounces to his family in Fr ance and moves back to England.That analogous night Marquis is murdered under the note Jacques. A course of study goes by and Darnay asks to marry Manettes daughter Lucie in exchange for him to get a line his true identity. Manette in 1775 had been imprisoned and had their developed an obsession with shoe qualification which he had learned how to do in jail. Carton also proposes but knows he will not be allowed to marry her because of his low modus vivendi and bad reputation. As the poverty situation gets worse, the Defarges, a family that had once served Manette, were pickings part in planning the young revolution.In 1789 Bastille is stormed and what is now known as the French Revolution begins. Rich aristocrats are murdered and Darnay is imprisoned for parcel a servant of the Evremonde. Lucie and Manettle save him but he is arrested again because of new charges from the Defarges. At the trial Defarge presents a letter which explained the reason for Manettes imprisonments. He had been asked to involve care of a woman who had been raped, and her brother had been killed, by one of the Evremonde. So he would not tell of this event he was imprisoned.Darnay was sentenced to death by and by the trial for the crime of his ancestors. Carton had later that night overheard the Defarges talking and observe that Madame Deafarge was the surviving sister who was raped and she too was who killed the Evremondes. Her and Defarge were planning to kill Lucie and her family side by side(p) . Hearing this Carton sent Lucie and her family away. He drugged Darnay and sent him with his family. He then disguised himself as Darnay and died for him. He said this was the most dreadful and purposeful thing he has ever done in his life.