CHARACTERS OF A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Dr. Alexandre Mannette.

He is the father of Lucy Mannette, wife of Charls Darney. Alexandre Mannette was a
doctor from Beauvais, France. He was imprisoned in jail for 18 years due to the
systematic injustice of aristocrats. He suffered from trauma in jail which turned him
thin and pale, later he is rescued and nursed by his daughter, Lucie Mannette and their
faithful friend Jarvis Lorry. Dr. Mannette also saves his son-in-law from jail in France
during Franch Revolution.

Lucie Manette
Lucie Manette, daughter of Dr. Alexandre Mannet, was loving and beautiful women.
She was born in France but brought to England at a very young age. She is recognized
for her kindness and cares for her loved ones. She brought her father from France to
English and never stopped care for him even after marring with Charles Darney.

Charles Darnay
A French Aristocrat, who later renounced his family name of St. Evrémonde. After
renouncing his relations with his family, he moved to English where he teaches French and
marries Lucie Manette. He is also put on Trial in France during the Franch Revolution for the
crimes of family.

Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton is a Landon lawyer, and informal legal adviser to Stryver. He had a great
positional but has fallen into a life of Alcoholism and vice. He looks remarkably like Charles
Darney. His love for Lucy Mannet motivates him to sacrifice his life to save the life of her
husband.

Mr. Jarvis Lorry

Mr. Lorry is a faithful friend of Mannette family. He is an English Banker, a
confidential clerk at Tellson’s bank, who helps Lucie to save her father.
Ernest Defarge
Defarge is a former servant of Dr. Alexander Mannette. He is the owner of a wine-
shop in a Paris suburb. Defarge is a leader of the Jacquerie (a roving band of peasants)
during the French Revolution.

Madam Thérèse Defarge

She is the wife of Ernest Defarge. She is the hard, vengeful women who is the
ringleader of the Saint Antoine Female revolutionaries. She constantly knots the
register of those aristocrats whom she condemns and leads the female revolutionaries
in killing and exacting her revenge of her enemies.

Miss Pross
A forceful Englishwomen and maid of Lucie Mannette. She devoted her life for Lucie
and kills to the Madam Defarge.

Jerry Cruncher
Jerry is a messenger for Tellson’s Bank and Jarvis Lorry’s bodyguard. His side job is
to act as a "resurrection man," which involves digging up dead bodies and selling
their parts to scientists.

C. J. Stryver
A boorish lawyer who employs Sydney Carton. Stryver is Darnay’s defense attorney in
England and aspires briefly to marry Lucie.

John Barsad
A police spy in England who faked his own funeral. He appears later as a prison spy in
revolutionary France.
Roger Cly
A police spy in England who becomes a spy in revolutionary France. Recognized as
Miss Pross’ brother, he is forced to help Carton save Darnay
Marquis St. Evrémonde
Darnay’s uncle. An immoral, cruel man, he runs down a child with his carriage and is
later murdered by the child’s father.