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Characters
Sydney Carton – quick-minded but depressed English barrister and alcoholic; his Christ-like self-sacrifice redeems his own life as well as saving the life of Charles Darnay
Lucie Manette – An ideal Victorian lady who was perfect in every way, she was loved by both Carton and Charles Darnay (whom she marries); daughter of Dr Manette. She is the "golden thread" after whom Book Two is named, so called because she holds her father's and her family's lives together (and because of her blond hair like her mother's)She also ties almost every character in the book together.[33]
Charles Darnay – a young French noble of the Evrémonde family. In disgust at the cruelty of his family to the French peasantry, he has taken on the name "Darnay" (after his mother's maiden name, D'Aulnais) and left France for England.[34]
Dr. Alexandre Manette – Lucie's father, kept a prisoner in the Bastille for eighteen years.
Monsieur Ernest Defarge – owner of a French wine shop and leader of the Jacquerie; husband of Madame Defarge; servant to Dr Manette as a youth. One of the key revolutionary leaders, he leads the revolution with a noble cause, unlike many of other revolutionaries.
Madame Therese Defarge – a vengeful female revolutionary; arguably the novel's antagonist
The Vengeance – a companion of Madame Defarge referred to as her "shadow", a member of the sisterhood of women revolutionaries in Saint Antoine, and revolutionary zealot. Many Frenchmen and women actually did change their names to show their enthusiasm for the Revolution[35]
Jarvis Lorry – an elderly manager at Tellson's Bank and a dear friend of Dr Manette.
Miss Pross – Lucie Manette's governess since Lucie was ten years old; fiercely loyal to Lucie and to England.
The Marquis St. Evrémonde[36] – cruel uncle of Charles Darnay
John Barsad (real name Solomon Pross) – a spy for Britain who later becomes a spy for France (at which point he must conceal that he is British). He is the long-lost brother of Miss Pross.
Roger Cly – another spy, Barsad's collaborator
Jerry Cruncher – porter and messenger for Tellson's Bank and secret "Resurrection Man" (body-snatcher)
Mr Stryver – Arrogant and ambitious barrister, senior to Sydney Carton.[37] There is a frequent mis-perception that Stryver's full name is "C. J. Stryver", but this is very unlikely. The mistake comes from a line in Book 2, Chapter 12: "After trying it, Stryver C. J. was satisfied that no plainer case could be."[38] The initials C. J. almost certainly refer to a legal title (probably "chief justice"); Stryver is imagining that he is playing every role in a trial in which he browbeats Lucie Manette into marrying him.
The Seamstress – a young woman caught up in The Terror. She precedes Sydney Carton (whom comforts her) to the guillotine.
Gabelle – Gabelle is "the Postmaster, and some other taxing functionary, united"[39] for the tenants of the Marquis St. Evrémonde. Gabelle is imprisoned by the revolutionaries, and it is his beseeching letter that brings Darnay to France. Gabelle is "named after the hated salt tax".[40]
Gaspard – Gaspard is the man whose son gets run over by the monseignor. he then kills the monseignor and goes into hiding for a year. he eventually gets found, arrested, and executed.