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A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met.
Sydney Carton is a central character in Charles Dickens' 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities. He is a shrewd young Englishman educated at Shrewsbury School, and sometime junior to his fellow barrister Stryver. Carton is portrayed as a brilliant but depressed and cynical drunkard who is full of self-loathing because of what he sees as his wasted life.
A Hidden Life is a 2019 epic historical drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick. It stars August Diehl , Valerie Pachner , and Matthias Schoenaerts , with Michael Nyqvist and Bruno Ganz in their final performances.
In the chapter "Monseigneur in Town", the Marquis is coldy greeted by a Monseigneur (a great lord and senior courtier) at a Parisian reception. Snubbed, he waits until everyone from the gathering leaves and then murmurs a curse sending the Monseigneur to the Devil (the curse is uttered in a mirrored salon, possibly suggesting that it rebounds ...
Doctor Alexandre Manette is a character in Charles Dickens' 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities. He is Lucie's father, a brilliant physician, and spent eighteen years "in secret" as a prisoner in the Bastille prior to the French Revolution. He is imprisoned because in the course of his medical practice he learns of abusive actions by two members of ...
A Hidden Life is a memoir by Dutch-American author Johanna Reiss. Reiss won the Newbery Medal for her account of her experiences as a child during the Holocaust , The Upstairs Room , which was followed by the sequel The Journey Back , both published by HarperCollins .
The Handmaid's Tale series cast Strahovski and Fiennes as members of the Waterford family. That was a big shift from the novel, which depicted the Waterfords as an older couple. Their age ...
Jarvis Lorry is one of the oldest employees of Tellson's Bank, and he frequently deals with the bank's offices in London and Paris.He is a confirmed bachelor and a man of business, describing himself as not much else than a speaking machine.