Sydney Carton’s background is alluded to, though we never quite learn the source(s) of his disappointment and degeneracy. What might …

What is Defarge’s motive in betraying Doctor Manette, endangering his daughter and grandchild and framing Darnay? How might the relationship …

The news that Doctor Manette, while imprisoned, denounced all the descendants of the Evrémondes comes as a shock. Why would …

Dickens seems to have great sympathy for the poor, the sick and the powerless, but not all such characters are …

Why was Charles Darnay able to see the unfairness of the class structure that benefited him and then able to …

Why does Dickens describe Madame Defarge in her early scenes as seeing nothing? “Madame Defarge was a stout woman of …

The novel takes place, as its title suggests, in two cities: London and Paris. What are some of the differences …

A Tale of Two Cities opens with “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” one …

Dickens relies heavily on coincidence to fuel the plot of A Tale of Two Cities: letters are found bearing crucial …

Analyze Dickens’s descriptions of mobs in England and in France. How do they differ? What makes a mob what it …