# A Tale of Two Cities — Character guide

> Key figures in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

- [Mr. Jarvis Lorry](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/jarvis_lorry.md): A trusted Tellson's Bank agent who helps reunite Dr. Manette with his daughter.
- [Charles Darnay](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/charles_darnay.md): A French aristocrat who renounces his title and marries Lucie Manette.
- [Sydney Carton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/sydney_carton.md): A brilliant but dissolute English lawyer who secretly loves Lucie Manette.
- [Lucie Manette](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/lucie_manette.md): The compassionate daughter of Dr. Manette and wife of Charles Darnay.
- [Doctor Manette](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/doctor_manette.md): A former prisoner in the Bastille who struggles to reclaim his sanity.
- [Madame Defarge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/madame_defarge.md): A vengeful revolutionary who knits a registry of those to be executed.
- [Monsieur Defarge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/monsieur_defarge.md): A wine-shop owner and leader of the revolutionary Jacques.
- [Miss Pross](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/miss_pross.md): The fiercely loyal servant and companion to Lucie Manette.
- [Mr. Cruncher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/mr_cruncher.md): A rough messenger for Tellson's Bank who moonlights as a resurrection man.
- [Mr. Stryver](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/mr_stryver.md): An ambitious and pompous lawyer who employs Sydney Carton as his jackal.
- [Monseigneur](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/monseigneur.md): A cruel French aristocrat whose carriage kills a child.
- [Mr. Barsad](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/mr_barsad.md): A spy and turncoat who works for both the English and French authorities.
- [Young Jerry](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/young_jerry.md): The curious son of Mr. Cruncher who follows his father's night work.
- [Jacques](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/jacques.md): A collective name for the revolutionary conspirators in Saint Antoine.
- [Monsieur Gabelle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/monsieur_gabelle.md): The tax collector for the Evrémonde estate who is imprisoned during the Revolution.
- [The Vengeance](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/the_vengeance.md): A fierce female revolutionary and companion to Madame Defarge.
- [Roger Cly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/roger_cly.md): A spy who fakes his own death to escape England.
- [Gaspard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/gaspard.md): A peasant whose child is killed by the Marquis's carriage.
- [Foulon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/foulon.md): A hated French official who fakes his death but is captured by the mob.
- [Mrs. Cruncher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/characters/mrs_cruncher.md): The pious and long-suffering wife of Mr. Cruncher.

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