That's A Tale of Two Cities, in which Sydney Carton, a rather dissipated barrister, trades places on the guillotine with Charles Darnay, the husband of Lucie Manette, the woman Carton loves. The last sentence of the book and one of the most quoted lines in literature is: 'It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.'
The novel is Bleak House by Charles Dickens.
Charles Dickens's 12th novel was A Tale of Two Cities.
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It was written by Charles Dickens in 1843.
You mean Our Mutual Friend.
Charles Dickens is the author of A Tale of Two Cities.
Huckleberry Finn
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The second to last novel that Charles Dickens wrote was "Our Mutual Friend," published in 1864-1865.
Sydney Carton posed as Citizen Evremonde and was executed in the place of Charles Darnay in Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities." Carton sacrifices himself to save Darnay because he loves Lucie, Darnay's wife, and wants to ensure her happiness. His act of selflessness represents redemption and resurrection in the novel.
Charles Dickens' last book was called our mutual friend and it was published the year he died.