A tale of two cities is one of Dickens's most important representative works.The novel profoundly exposed the society contradiction before the French Revolution,intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is dissolute and cruel,and sincerely sympathizes with the depressed¹ classes.The novel also described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked Bastille and so on,which displayed people's great strength.

The novel has portrayed² many different people. Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers the persecution³ actually ， Lucie is beautiful and gentle ，Charles is graceful⁴ and noble，Lorry is upright and honest ，Sydney is semblance⁵ of indifferent, innermost feelings of warm,unconventional but also selfless and lofty，Miss Pross is straightforward⁶ and loyal，Evremonde brothers are cruel and sinister⁷......The complex hatred⁸ is hard to solve, the cruel revenge has made more hatreds⁹, loves rebirth in the hell edge,but take the life as the price.

As an outstanding writer,in Dickens's work,the language skill is essential.Each kind of rhetoric¹⁰ technique,like the analogy,the exaggeration,the contrast,the humorous,and the taunt¹¹ are handled skillfully,and the artistry of the work is also delivered the peak.A tale of two cities has its difference with the general historical novel, its character and the main plot are all fictionalizes.With the broad real background of the French Revolution,the author take the fictional¹² character Doctor Manette's experience as the main clue,interweaves the unjust charge, love and revenge three independences but also incident cross-correlation stories together,the plot is criss-crossed,and the clue is complex.The author use insert narrates,foreshadowing,upholstery and so many techniques,causes the structure integrity and strictness,the plot winding¹³ anxious and rich of theatrical¹⁴ nature,it displayed the remarkable¹⁵ artistic¹⁶ skill.the style A tale of two cities is solemnity and melancholy,fills indignantion,but lacks the humor of the early works.