Triangle of Charles Darnay, Lucey Darnette, Sydney Carton.
Lucie is based on Lucie whom he had an affair with.
Parallelism plays a major part between Sydney and Charles.
1858- Charles leaves wife.
Charles knew Paris from being there as a 10 year old kid. He describes it as both a vile place and his “magic lantern”
Dickens creates a darker and darker view of London as his career goes on
Dickens makes it clear that Paris and London are very similar
Uses a historical setting for a modern message
Was a great fear of revolution in Britain because of the French revolution
Dickens published tale of Two Cities in monthly installments
