法国大革命时期，名医马奈特偶然目睹了封建贵族埃弗瑞蒙德兄弟草菅人命的暴行，因为打抱不平，反被投入巴士底狱，监禁了十八年。出狱后，马奈特之女露茜却与仇家的儿子达奈堕入情网。于是，在法国革命的旋涡中，一幕幕家族的恩怨情仇隆重上演，善、恶、生、死在冲突中交融，在转瞬间变换......《双城记》结构严整，语言凝练，狄更斯对革命与人性的深度思考和令人叹为观止的写作才华，在其中得到了淋漓尽致的展现。(During the French Revolution, the famous doctor Manette accidentally witnessed the atrocities by the feudal aristocracy Evremonde brothers. Because of taking up the cudgel, he was thrown into the Bastille and had been jailed for eighteen years. After his release, his daughter Lucy fell in love with his enemy's son Danay. So in the French Revolution, scenes of family enmity staged, the good and evil, life and death happened in the conflicts and transformed in seconds...... The book had thorough structure and concise language. It has most vividly demonstrated Dickens's deep thinking of revolution and humanity and perfect writing talent.)