<P> A Tale of Two Cities ( 1859 ) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens , set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution . The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette , his 18 - year - long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to life in London with his daughter Lucie , whom he had never met ; Lucie 's marriage and the collision between her beloved husband and the people who caused her father 's imprisonment ; and Monsieur and Madame Defarge , sellers of wine in a poor suburb of Paris . The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror . </P>
<P> A Tale of Two Cities ( 1859 ) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens , set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution . The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette , his 18 - year - long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to life in London with his daughter Lucie , whom he had never met ; Lucie 's marriage and the collision between her beloved husband and the people who caused her father 's imprisonment ; and Monsieur and Madame Defarge , sellers of wine in a poor suburb of Paris . The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror . </P>
where does tale of two cities take place
where does tale of two cities take place
London and Paris
London and Paris