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We're back with another conversation on Charles Dickens' classical novel, and this time we discuss the introduction of Sidney Carton and Charles Darnay—and the way Dickens employs doubling to develop them as characters alongside the key themes of the book. Plus: a great Dickens-ism, a few wonderful scenes, chat on Dickens and dialogue, questions about how Dickens writes women, and much more. Happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe

This Sunday on Vintage Classic Radio's "Sunday Night Playhouse," we present a timeless episode from the "Theatre Royal" radio show: Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," originally broadcast on March 27th, 1954. This classic adaptation stars the legendary Sir Lawrence Olivier, who brings to life Dickens' powerful story of sacrifice, love, and revolution set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. In this dramatization, Olivier portrays the complex and noble character of Sydney Carton, whose ultimate act of selflessness defines the story. Joining him in the cast are a stellar ensemble of radio actors, including Harry Andrews, who plays Charles Darnay, and Belle Chrystall, who lends her voice to the role of Lucie Manette. Supporting performances come from actors such as Carleton Hobbs as Dr. Manette and Hugh Manning as Monsieur Defarge, with additional cast members completing the rich tapestry of characters that Dickens crafted. Tune into Vintage Classic Radio's "Sunday Night Playhouse" for a remarkable evening of classic literature brought to life by the incomparable talent of Sir Lawrence Olivier and his esteemed cast.

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction.The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. (From Wikipedia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction.The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. (From Wikipedia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction.The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. (From Wikipedia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction.The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. (From Wikipedia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction.The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. (From Wikipedia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction.The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. (From Wikipedia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction.The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. (From Wikipedia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens audiobook. A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism. The plot centers on the years leading up to French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look very alike but are entirely different in character.

Mercury Theatre on the Air with Orson Welles does an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities. This episode aired July 25, 1938. Cast: Orson Welles (Dr. Alexandre Manette, Sydney Carton), Mary Taylor (Lucie Manette), Eustace Wyatt (Clerk), Edgar Barrier (Charles Darnay), Martin Gabel (Mr. Jarvis Lorry), Frank Readick (Ernest Defarge), Betty Garde (Madame Defarge). website: https://otr.duane.media/ (https://otr.duane.media). email: info@otr.duane.media. connect n' follow: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/duane.otr/ (@duane.otr) | Twitter https://twitter.com/duane_otr (@duane_otr) Thank you for your support.

The complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://rb.gy/4yjtwh A Tale of Two Cities By Charles Dickens Narrated by Graham Scott "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." In his most famous historical novel, Dickens explores the horrors of the French Revolution, and the injustices that brought it about, through the history of the unjustly imprisoned Dr. Manette and his daughter Lucy - the "golden thread" binding together a cast of characters across London and Paris, including honourable aristocrat Charles Darnay, ruthless revolutionary Madame Defarge, and the directionless and dissolute lawyer Sydney Carton....

Charles Darnay's fate is sealed and Barsad asks the jailers to let Charles and Lucie embrace one last time to say goodbye --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Dr. Mannette's letter is read to the court. He describes why and at whose hands he was imprisoned for so long. He recalls walking home and being stopped by a carriage and told his help is needed. He is taken to a house to attend a young woman with a fever, and a young boy who has been stabbed with a sword, only used by nobles. The woman and the boy are brother and sister. The nobles wanted the sister who was married. They killed her husband and took the sister. The young brother hid his younger sister, and returned to avenge the older sister's kidnapping and rape, and was wounded in the fight. The young woman dies & Dr. Mannette refuses payment for his services. He returns home and is told a woman is waiting to see him. It is the wife of one of the nobles who raped the young woman and killed her brother. She leaves her husband, taking her young son with her, and wants to help the younger sister of the woman who died. She wants her son to be raised differently. Dr. Mannette writes a letter to a state official explaining what has happened. Later, Dr. Mannette is told by his servant (DeFarge) that a man wishes to see him. They claim an urgent medical case, and take Mannette to where the brothers are waiting. His letter to the state official is burned, and Dr. Mannette is taken to prison. After the letter is read, the jury votes to hang Charles Darnay. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Charles Darnay appears before the tribunal. He is first accused of being an emigrant and therefore guilty, but the law was enacted after he came to France as a moral obligation to help Gabelle. Dr. Mannette testifies that Darnay was a help to the US during their Revolution against England. Darnay is freed and carried on the shoulders of the crowd, hailed as a hero. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Dr. Mannette has returned from the prison. He tells Mr. Lorry that his best efforts could not free Charles Darnay, but he was able to guarantee his safety. 1100 political prisoners have been killed by the populace. Darnay remains in prison for one year and three months. Dr. Mannette tells Lorry about the frenzied, unpredictable crowds. Dr. Mannette has gained status in Paris, and is now the attending physician in three prisons, including La Force, where Darnay is held. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Lucie and Dr. Mannette have learned that Charles Darnay is in a French prison, and implore Mr. Lorry for help. Mr. Lorry tells Dr. Mannette to appeal to the crowd gathered outside at the dreadful, bloody sight of the grindstone to help effect Darnay's release. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Charles Darnay arrives in Paris at the written request of Gabelle, who is imprisoned. Darnay is taken into custody by DeFarge, who he asks for help getting word to Mr. Lorry at Tellson's Bank about his arrest. DeFarge refuses, and Darnay is placed in solitary confinement. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Lucie Mannette and Charles Darnay are wed, and head out for a fortnight honeymoon. Lucie is assured by Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross that her father will be well cared for in her absence. Immediately after Lucie and Charles say goodbye, Mr. Lorry recognizes a troubling affect has befallen Dr. Mannette. Dr. Mannette reverts back to his prison days of shoe making, and does not recognize Mr. Lorry or Miss Pross. Days pass and the doctor shows no improvement, so Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross devise a way to hide the doctor's condition from Lucie. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Madame Defarge continues knitting the names of individuals who will be charged as criminals during the revolution. They (The Defarges) are depressed as they think they may not live long enough to see the revolution. Barsad enters the wine shop, and the Defarges are very short with him; not engaging him in conversation until he mentions that Lucie is to be married to Charles Darnay, who is a Marquis. Madame Defarge enters Barsad's name in her knitting. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Mr. Cruncher and son watch an unruly funeral procession and the crowd begins to grow wilder and more belligerent. The deceased is Roger Cly, a spy who testified against Charles Darnay. Late that night, Cruncher leaves home with materials with which he and his companions dig up a grave. Young Jerry watches this and is frightened. Jerry runs home imagining the coffin is chasing him. Next day, Jerry tells his father that when he grows up, he wants to be a resurrection man; a man who sells dead bodies. Mr. Cruncher is pleased to hear this.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Charles Darnay visits Dr. Mannette and tells him of his love for Lucie. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

The Marquis arrives at his beautiful, stony chateau. He waits for his nephew, Charles Darnay to arrive. They have supper and discuss the hatred the people feel for the Marquis. Darnay is interested in repairing some the damage the family has caused, but the Marquis is satisfied with things as they are. Darnay renounces the family and says he's happy in England. The Marquis says he'd like to see him burn in his bed.:-( --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karla3507/support

Madame Defarge discovers that her prey, Lucy, Little Lucy and Dr. Manette, have fled her clutches and are on the country roads of France, fleeing for England, What she does not know is that her most important enemy, Charles Darnay, is with them, having exchanged places in Laforce prison with Sidney Carton. Standing between Madame...

In this chapter, Dr. Manette’s long-buried message, found in the Bastille by Ernest Defarge, is used to condemn Charles Darnay, son-in-law of the good doctor and husband of his fair daughter, to death at the Guillotine!  In vain does Dr. Manette protest that he no longer condemned the entire Evremonde family to the last of … Continue reading “The Substance of the Shadow” from Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities →

In this chapter of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay is sentenced to death on the accusations of the Dafarges and, incredibly, Dr. Manette, in the form of an old condemnation by the prisoner in the Bastille long before he knew Charles. Sydney Carton persuades Jarvis Lorry to rap up affairs in Paris and … Continue reading “The Game Made,” a “Tell” Chapter from A Tale of Two Cities (Book the Third, Chapter Nine) →

In this chapter, Charles Darnay is saved. Or is he?  The good Doctor Manette works his magic.  But the Defarges will not give up on their quest to send every member of the Evremonde family to the guillotine.

Book Three, chapter Four of Dickens’s classic novel. Doctor Manette is off to La Force to try to save the life of Charles Darnay. Will he succeed?  Stay tuned, as they say, and “Listen to History” on audiblyspeaking.com.

In this episode, the mansion of the Marquis St. Evremonde goes up in flames as the Revolutionary mob torches the ancestral home of Charles Darnay (secretly the new Marquis).  The old Marquis’s functionary, Gabelle, is, in consequence, about to be arrested.   This will draw Darnay from safety in England to mortal peril in France, as … Continue reading Newest Episode: “Fire Rising,” Chapter 29 from A Tale of Two Cities →

The 1935 classic A TALE OF TWO CITIES is a brilliant version of the Charles Dickens novel. In the story, Sydney Carton, an alcoholic British lawyer in 1780 falls for Lucie Manette, whose father spent 18 years in prison for helping peasants abused by a wealthy French family, led by an evil Marquis. Lucie is being courted by Charles Darnay, who has denounced his uncle, the Marquis, and renounced the family name. Lucie marries Charles after Sydney saves Charles from being convicted of treason in England. When the French Revolution breaks out, the leftist revolutionaries trick Charles into visiting Paris to wipe out his whole family.

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel by Charles Dickens. The plot centers on the years leading up to the French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look similar but are very different in personality. Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat, while Carton is a cynical English barrister. However, the two are in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette.

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction.[2] The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. The novel was published in weekly installments instead of monthly, as with most of his other novels. The first ran in the first issue of Dickens' literary periodical All the Year Round on 30 April 1859. The last ran thirty-one weeks later, on 25 November.

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction.[2] The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. The novel was published in weekly installments instead of monthly, as with most of his other novels. The first ran in the first issue of Dickens' literary periodical All the Year Round on 30 April 1859. The last ran thirty-one weeks later, on 25 November.

clickhere Visit the Radio America Store web site.Buy your 50 mp3 for &5.00 creative commons license click here visit creative commons license A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is one of Dickens’ two historical novels, the other being Barnaby Rudge, the two cities in question are Paris and London at the time of the French Revolution. Perhaps unsurprisingly Dickens seems to disdain the aristocracy. The heroic nobleman, Charles Darnay, renounces his status in opposition to his uncle, the Marquis de St Evremonde, and the evils of oppression he represents. Meanwhile, Dr Manette the physician has become aware of the Marquis’ ill-practice through a young peasant and his sister who have been hideously treated. After Darnay leaves France, he falls in love with Manette’s daughter, Lucie, and they are married. The story continues after Darnay’s happiness with Lucie as he returns to France during the Terror to save a servant. Darnay is arrested and condemned to death. The final section of the novel is concerned with the question of whether he will survive or be punished for his noble act of rescue, and whether or not the Englishman Carton who resembles Darnay will be able to save his life. It is a story of great sacrifices being made for the sake of principle. The novel is notable for its vivid representation of France during this troubled time and was modelled on Carlyle’s The French Revolution. Although contemporary critics saw it as humourless, it has become popular since then due to film and dramatic adaptations.