A Tale of Two Cities my wife? ---Here you see me." The Penguin Classics edition of the novel notes that "Not all readers have regarded the experiment as a success." J. L. Borges quipped: "Dickens lived in London. In his book "A Tale of Two Cities", based on the French Revolution, we see that he really could not write a tale of two cities. He was a resident of just one city: London." In Dickens' England, resurrection always sat firmly in a Christian context. Most broadly, Sydney Carton is resurrected in spirit at the novel's close (even as he, paradoxically, gives up his physical life
A Tale of Two Cities (musical) and as he climbs the stairs, he realizes the good that he has done for the woman who opened his eyes to so much love ("Finale - I Can't Recall [Reprise]"). Original principals in the Sarasota and Broadway productions were as follows: √ Replaced with the Frank Wildhorn song "Never Say Goodbye" for the Brighton Concert. Song Changes In 2002, executive producers Sharpe & Russell released a concept recording, featuring Alex Santoriello as Sydney (and Dr. Mannette), with Christiane Noll as Lucie, J. Mark McVey as Ernest DeFarge and Natalie Toro as Madame DeFarge. "A Tale of Two Cities: In