A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens — Dr. Alexandre Manette — Lucie Manette, daughter of Alexandre Manette — Charles Darney — Sydney Carton, an attorney — Monsieur Ernest Defarge, a wine shop owner — Madame Therese Defarge, wife of Mr. Defarge — Mr. Jarvis Lorry, banker My favorite scene in A Tale of Two Cities is one of the last scenes, when Sydney Carton is about to go to the guillotine. It takes place in Paris, near a prison, and many people have gathered to watch french aristocrats be beheaded. The atmosphere is tense and chaotic; Sydney, however, remains calm, even though he is abou