The Narrator

"The resurrection of the dead, the awakening of the forgotten"

"The fruits of his labors are now evident"

"She looked at him with tender regard"

"Vengeance is the pursuit of those who have nothing left to lose"

"He had become the shadow that walks by day"

"The beauty of her composure commanded silence"

"His mind was a theatre of tempestuous emotion"

"These are the times that test men's souls"

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."

"There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France."

"Recalled to Life."

"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other."

"The very first preparation for a long journey is to desire to go."

"The wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine, in Paris, where it was spilled."

"Madame Defarge was a stout woman of some fifty or so, for whom it was not necessary to lift a lot of care-worn years to gather about her."

"If the impassive servant of the time-piece who goes on striking, strike now, there is nothing to tell of."

"The bank was already stirring with the early business."

"Whenever the influential smuggler becomes the law, he will make it a law of rapine and blood."

"The quiet and the peace of the gentleman's neighbourhood made it a choice place to live in."

"She looked at him with the barely perceptible rise of a woman who sees in a man something she recognizes but does not yet understand."

"The night was dark and cold; the streets were wet and dreary; the whole aspect of the place was suggestive of nothing but misery and despair."

"The manner of all his proceedings, the way in which he had borne himself to those about him, had been marked by a consideration and a thoughtfulness that was its own reward."

"Paris was in the throes of revolution, and the very air seemed to vibrate with the passion of the people."

"The human heart has its secrets, and the human mind its mysteries."

"The prisoner's last walk with his guards was the last thing his eyes beheld of the outside world."

"Business! Cried the King, Have they no king in France but a pack of howling wolves."

"The streets were a long and dull affair; the passengers were but few, and those few seemed hurried and apprehensive."

"Sydney Carton had never been a favorite of his; and there was a particular fitness in his being put out of the way."

"The Old Bailey was famous for such trials; prisoners stood in such a place, and judges sat in such a place, and juries sat in such a place."

"Time moves on, and with it the fates of men and nations."