Shrnutí knihy A Tale of Two Cities: Chapter 21

Co se stane

1. Lucie raises her daughter, loses a young son, and maintains a loving household where Sydney Carton receives the children’s affection.
2. Darnay refuses Stryver’s proposed pupils, while Stryver spreads a false account of Lucie’s supposed pursuit of him.
3. In July 1789, Mr. Lorry reports that anxious Paris customers urgently transfer property to England.
4. Defarge distributes weapons and fights at the Bastille, while Madame Defarge gathers armed women.
5. After the surrender, Defarge searches Manette’s old cell with Jacques Three and a turnkey, then burns its broken furnishings.
6. The governor dies under blows, Madame Defarge removes his head, and the crowd parades seven released prisoners and seven severed heads.

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The footsteps connect domestic safety with collective violence abroad. Their bloodstained image makes the distance between the two settings feel uncertain.

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