狄更斯的雙城記是敘述接近大革命和在大革命期間發生在倫敦和巴黎的故事。
法國人梅內特醫生在巴士底爾監獄受盡折磨
多年之後，被女兒露西和他的英籍銀行業務員安全地帶到倫敦。
他經過很長的時間才從這一場可怕的苦難中恢復過來。
可是，當他的女兒露西愛上並嫁給一個法國的流亡者，當
法蘭西遭受大革命的震盪，恐懼又回頭籠罩著這一家人。

A Tale of Two cities is Dickens’ tale of London and Paris leading up to, and during, the dramatic upheavals of the French Revolution. After many years languishing in the Bastille prison, Doctor Manette is taken to safety in London by his daughter Lucie and his English banker. It takes him a long time to recover after his terrible ordeal. When Lucie falls in love with and marries a French emigre, terrors return to haunt the family as France suffers the convulsions of revolution.