Lucie Manette
Encyclopedia
Lucie Manette is a character in Charles Dickens
' novel
, A Tale of Two Cities
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to her. She meets Darnay, the young Frenchman, on the voyage home with her father. When Darnay is arrested as a spy due to evidence planted on him by John Barsad
on the orders of his uncle, the Marquis St. Evremonde
, they attend Darnay’s trial out of concern. It is there that she meets Sydney Carton
, the drunken lawyer who falls in love with her. She reaches out to Carton, but is being actively courted by Darnay and accepts his proposal. When Darnay's and Lucie’s daughter is about five years old, Darnay returns to France. Lucie, Dr. Manette and the others follow him. She relies on her father to rescue Darnay and when he fails, she forgives Darnay for his desertion but is honest about her very human resentment at his placing them all in such danger. She is also thankful to Carton for saving Darnay and for keeping her family together.
, Lucie Manette is played by Brandi Burkhardt
.
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
' novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature....
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Overview
She is the daughter of Dr. Alexander Manette. She is wise beyond her years; unfailingly kind and forgiving of people's faults. Her compassion for her father is what first attracts Charles DarnayCharles Darnay
Charles Darnay, or Charles St. Evrémonde, is a fictional character in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.-Overview:A French aristocrat by birth, Darnay chooses to live in England because he cannot bear to be associated with the cruel injustices of the French social system...
to her. She meets Darnay, the young Frenchman, on the voyage home with her father. When Darnay is arrested as a spy due to evidence planted on him by John Barsad
John Barsad
-Overview:Barsad is a turncoat English con-man and spy. In the pay of the Marquis St. Evremonde he initially frames the Marquis' nephew, Charles Darnay by planting evidence on him on a voyage across the English Channel to England. He unwittingly shows his hand to the lawyer Sydney Carton drinking...
on the orders of his uncle, the Marquis St. Evremonde
Marquis St. Evremonde
The Marquis St. Evrémonde is a fictional character in Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.-Overview:The Marquis St. Evrémonde is Charles Darnay's uncle and is of the noble class in France. He is very cruel and is also slightly disliked by the other nobility. He runs over and kills the child of...
, they attend Darnay’s trial out of concern. It is there that she meets Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton is the central character in the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. He is a shrewd young Englishman and sometime junior to his fellow barrister C.J. Stryver. In the novel, he is seen to be a drunkard, self-indulgent and self-pitying because of his wasted life...
, the drunken lawyer who falls in love with her. She reaches out to Carton, but is being actively courted by Darnay and accepts his proposal. When Darnay's and Lucie’s daughter is about five years old, Darnay returns to France. Lucie, Dr. Manette and the others follow him. She relies on her father to rescue Darnay and when he fails, she forgives Darnay for his desertion but is honest about her very human resentment at his placing them all in such danger. She is also thankful to Carton for saving Darnay and for keeping her family together.
Cinematic and Theatrical Portrayals
In the 2008 Broadway musical adaptation of A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities (musical)
A Tale of Two Cities is a musical with book, music and lyrics by Jill Santoriello based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens....
, Lucie Manette is played by Brandi Burkhardt
Brandi Burkhardt
Brandi Lynn Burkhardt is an American vocalist, actress and beauty queen. She grew up in Pasadena, Maryland but currently lives in Los Angeles.-Education:...
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