The ''Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel written by Charles Dickens which describes the French Revolution. London, 1775. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, who went through the 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille, in Paris, and his further life in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met before.The historical novel by Charles Dickens ''A Tale of Two Cities'' became paradigmatic. It is confirmed that with the circulation of 200 million of copies, it is not only the most popular work by the author in the English speaking countries, but also the main bestseller in the history of the English prose.