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 ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature.Brief introduction18 years before in 1757, because of knowing a terrible secret, Dr. Manette was picked up and sent to the Bastille- one of the most terrible prisons in the world, by the noble Marquis St. Evremonde. 18 years after in 1775, His only daughter, Lucie Manette, fell in love with Charles Darnay, the nephew of the Marquis St. Evremonde, which abandoned the noble degree to live by himself. This story is about the war ,the hostility and the love.Now lets see the parts one by one.the warthe hostilitythe loveThe French Revolution (French: Rvolution franaise; 17891799), was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a major impact on France and indeed all of Europe.the French Revolution(法国大革命法国大革命)the hostility(复仇复仇)Dr.Manette He damned the Marquis St. Evremonde.But when he was out of the Bastille after 18 years,he found that his doughter fell in love with the personal enemys nephew.He stopped damning and tried to forgive him.“Let the past be past.” Thought Dr.Marnette, and was preparing to have a happy new life with his daughter and her husband. But the revolution of France broke, and because of his family, Charles Darnay was denounced- denounced by a letter which was wrote by Dr. Marnette himself 18 years ago! What a cruel strike! Isnt it? Though he was innocent, Charles would have been sent to the guillotine.Madame DefargeShe was the sister of the girl who was killed by the Marquis St. Evremonde. When the revolution broke down,she tried her best to charge the Marquis St. Evremondes family. She was a brave lady,even though she made some mistakes.the love (爱情)Lucie and Darnay Charles Darnay was an honest and handsome man.He helped Lucie and Dr.Manette went back to London.In that time,the tow youngs fell in love soon.Its a pretty love story.Sydney Carton He was a talant lawyer.In order to help Lucie and Darnay,he was killde by the revolutionary instead of Darnay.He loved Lucie,too.The love is clean and honest.He is another man that I might refer to tell you. He is the lawyer of England, the good friend of Manettes families, who took after Charles very much. It was he, finally be killed instead by his own mind. Why? As you may ask, I want to ask the same question. That is because-I guess-love. And of course, the HOPE. When Sydney was killed as Charles, there was much hope on his face. What was he thinking about as he went to death? If we could have listened to his thoughts, we might have heard beautiful things: “Its the time. May God forgive me. But I see the death of all who hate. I see a new France, growing from out of the old. I see a beautiful Paris filled with happy people. And I see the lives which I have saved. They are happy in England. There is a boy-child in lucres arms. And he is named Sydney. He will grow old and bring love to my name. It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done. It is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way-in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. 那是最美好的时代，那是最糟糕的时代；那是智慧的年头，那是愚昧的年那是最美好的时代，那是最糟糕的时代；那是智慧的年头，那是愚昧的年头；那是信仰的时期，那是怀疑的时期；那是光明的季节，那是黑暗的季节；头；那是信仰的时期，那是怀疑的时期；那是光明的季节，那是黑暗的季节；那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天；我们拥有一切，我们一无所有那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天；我们拥有一切，我们一无所有; ;我们全我们全都在直奔天堂，我们全都在直奔相反的方向都在直奔天堂，我们全都在直奔相反的方向-简而言之，那时跟现在非常相简而言之，那时跟现在非常相象，某些最喧嚣的权威坚持要用形容词的最高级来形容它。说它好，是最高象，某些最喧嚣的权威坚持要用形容词的最高级来形容它。说它好，是最高级的；说它不好，也是最高级的级的；说它不好，也是最高级的。