Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Characters

• An officer of Tellson’s bank
• A loyal friend to the Manette family.
• Mr. Lorry shepherds the family out of Paris after the Doctor's release from prison and during the Revolution.

• A beautiful young woman recognized for her kindness and compassion.
• After being reunited with her father (doctor manette), she cares for him and remains devoted to him, even after her marriage to Charles Darney.

• Lucie’s father.
• A French doctor.
• A prisoner of the Bastille for 18 years.
• Suffers from mental trauma from the experience.
• Loses his reason and thinks he is a shoemaker.

• A Frenchman of noble family.
• Real name Charles Evrémonde.
• Lucie’s husband.

• An unsuccessful lawyer.
• Looks just like Darnay.
• Loves Lucie.
• Sacrifices his life to save Lucie’s husband.

• The owner of a wine-shop in the poor Saint Antoine section of Paris.
• He is a leader of the Jacquerie (a roving band of peasants) during the French Revolution.

• Ernest Defarge’s wife.
• Uses her knitting to write the names of the people that should be killed.

• Lucie’s nurse, and housekeeper.
• Remains Lucie’s devoted servant and protector even during the violent chaos of the revolution.

• An ambitious lawyer.
• Proves Charles Darnay’s

innocence in London.

• Aspires briefly to marry Lucie.