ace in the Bastille, a dank, dark prison in Paris, because Dr. Manette, Charles Darney, and Sydney Carton all occupy the Bastille at some point during the novel. Various other settings include Lucie's house, where she lives with her father and Charles, a courtroom, in which Charles is tried, and a wine shop, which is where Mr. and Mrs. Defarge work , as well as hold their secret meetings. The plot in this novel is very complicated and well written. It begins with an incoherent Dr. Manette being released from prison, after being falsely confined for over twenty years. Lucie, his daughter, takes him out of France, and back to London, where they live for five years. After five years, the story is resumed, and Charles Darney is now on trial for conspiracy against the French government. Lucie had a brief encounter with Darney while she was on a ship taking her father home, and much to her dismay she is called to testify against him in court, because she saw him carrying supposed conspiratorial papers at this time. Sydney Carton, a drunken lawyer who looks like Charles Darney, is able to get Charles acquitted by standing in view of the court, and making the argument that the conspirator may have been someone who looked like Charles. Charles and Sydney both are in love with Lucie, but it is Charles who marries her, and they have two children, one of whom survives. Later in the story it is discovered that Charles's real name is Evremonde, not Darney, and that he is a French aristocrat. Dr. Manette had observed a horrendous act of maltreatment by the Evremonde brothers (Charles's father and uncle), and wrote a letter about the acts while he was in prison. Mr. Defarge finds this letter, and his group of "Republicans" vow to behead Charles, if he ever returns to France. Charles does return to France, to make amends for his family, and he gets thrown into the Bastille, his death certain, which is the main conflict. The theme of the sto...
