"A Tale of Two Cities" - a historical novel by Charles Dickens about the times of the French Revolution in Paris and London. About what precedes the beginning of any bloody events, what moves people when there is nothing left but the last argument of the people - rebellion.
At the same time with this social component of "A Tale of Two Cities" - a novel about love and friendship, which only grow stronger in the ruinous and senseless times of revolutions, and the strength of the human spirit, for which the meaning of life becomes the salvation of mankind.