The Narrator

"Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule"

"The war-like and energetic personality of Monseigneur is displayed in his dress"

"The sea, though it whitened in the night with foam, was yet unwilling"

"Darkness had fallen on the village, and the light of a lamp was a yellow blotch on the night"

"The night wore on, and the darkness prevailed"

"She looked at the stranger with an air of quiet gentleness"

"How much of the impurity of his life is traceable to this influence"

"Those two noble souls embraced each other when the time came"

"He had been driven and lashed into this evil by years of oppression"

"Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers"

"His life has been one long struggle against misfortune"

"The good of tomorrow is brought to pass by the acts of today"

"His was a solemn resolve to make a new man of himself"

"She was a golden-haired child when he left her in the village"

"The wine merchant's voice was calm and measured"

"All work must be paid for in the end"

"The night brought counsel and a feeling of calm resolution"

"The child grew into a woman of grace and goodness"

"His wound to his vanity never fully healed"

"There is a resurrection and a future before us all"

"The year 1775 was a year of great upheaval and change"

"She held him fast, as one holds what one loves most"

"There is a passion and a relaxation about Lucie Manette that must be perceived to be understood."

"If it be true that defects nourished become talents, this may be the talent of Mr. Stryver."

"The sea rises; the wind shrieks; all nature is in tumult."

"Recalled to life."

"The attic was as full of night-wind, and the house was as quiet, as if it were in the middle of a great forest."

"Business could not be transacted, and there was nothing else to do but work and moan."

"Fifty-two were counted, but of the invisible Fifty-third the count was as nothing."

"The hungry roar of the sea of black heads rose up."