- Alcoholic lawyer Sydney Carton travels to Paris during the Reign of Terror to rescue French aristocrat Charles Darnay, husband of the woman he loves.
- Charles Darnay is the nephew of the Marquis St. Evremonde in pre-Revolutionary France, but disagrees with the French feudal system and emigrates to England, where he is falsely accuses him of being a spy. He is found innocent through the skill of Sydney Carton, an alcoholic English barrister. Darnay is supported by beautiful Lucie Manette, whom he met on the trip across the Channel, and her father, Doctor Manette, a victim of the aristocracy unjustly imprisoned for many years in the Bastille. Carton falls in love with Lucie, but she loves Darnay and subsequently marries him. Carton's love remains unrequited, but it propels him to sobriety. After Darnay is tricked into returning to France during the Reign of Terror and subsequently sentenced to death by a revolutionary tribunal, it falls to Carton to save his romantic rival's life.—duke1029@aol.com
- For years preceding the French Revolution, the people of France were the serfs of the aristocracy. Famine stalked throughout the land. Dr. Alexander Manette, a physician, was separated from his wife and baby daughter, and taken to the Bastille, because he was in possession of a secret involving the Marquis Evremonde. For ten years he was kept in solitary confinement, until rescued by Jacques De Farge, a former servant. De Farge communicated with Jarvis Lorry, of Tellson's International Bank, with headquarters in London. Lorry had taken care of the doctor's daughter, Lucie, after the death of the doctor's wife. Lorry, with Lucie, now started for Paris. The meeting or the daughter with her father was one of pathos. Preparations are made to remove the old man to England. On board the ship they met Charles Darnay, son of Marquis Evremonde, who had renounced his titles, and was on his way to England to earn his living as a teacher of the French language. Darnay, in England, betrayed as a spy, is tried in Old Bailey. Lucie and her father were summoned as witnesses. During the progress of the trial, Sidney Carton, a barrister, and a clerk working for Mr. Stryver, who was defending Darnay, saved the prisoner's life through the former's remarkable resemblance to the accused. Thereafter, a friendship between Lucie, Carton and Darnay was formed, and the two men, alike as twins, became frequent visitors to the young lady's home. Darnay later asked her hand, and was accepted. Carton, who secretly worshipped the girl, continued to revere Lucie. After the wedding Carton begged the right to still visit as before. Lucie overcame the opposition of her husband, and granted Carton's request. In France, meanwhile, the populace revolted. Members of the nobility were imprisoned and beheaded. Mr. Lorry was sent to Paris to look after the interests of Tellson's Bank. He was followed by Darnay, who had been apprised by letter of the arrest of the Evremonde caretaker, who begged the young man's assistance. Darnay left a letter telling his wife of his purpose, and promising a quick return. On his arrival in France Darnay was placed under arrest by the Republican Guards, and taken to La Force prison in Paris, and there Lucie learns through Mr. Lorry that her husband is in prison and in danger of being guillotined. Through De Farge, who had become one of the Revolutionary leaders, Dr. Manette became a hero. Darnay is tried, and through Dr. Manette's zeal is acquitted and returns to a happy family. But their joy is short-lived, as Darnay is soon rearrested. Sidney Carton, learning of Lucie's trip to Paris, followed. He hears of Darnay's plight. In trying to help Lucie, he runs across an English spy, Darsard, who had been instrumental in having Darnay arrested in England. Barsard was one of the Revolutionists and an official at La Force prison. Under threats of exposure Carton unfolds a plan, and elicits a promise of aid. This plan Carton confides to Mr. Lorry the day before Darnay is to be retried. The Tribunal declared Charles Darnay guilty, and sentenced him to death. The wife is carried out of the courtroom by Carton. The morning set for Darnay's execution Carton gained admission to Darnay's cell, through the connivance of Barsard. He prevails upon the prisoner to change clothes with him. Carton overpowers Darnay, chloroforms the prisoner, and has him removed to a waiting coach, while Carton remains a prisoner in the cell. A coach containing Lucie, her daughter and Doctor Manette awaited the arrival of Darnay. The fugitives were safely on their way to England. Carton answered to the name of Darnay, and was driven to the guillotine, and made the supreme sacrifice for the woman he loved.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- At the outbreak of the French Revolution, Charles Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned former family servant. He is himself imprisoned and condemned by the revolutionary forces there. His wife, the former Lucie Manette, is secretly loved by a gentlemanly wastrel, Sydney Carton. Carton embarks on a daring plan to save the husband of the woman he loves.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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