In which Charles Dickens novel does a man volunteer to be executed?

Answer 1

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.'

Answer 2

The character Sydney Carton volunteers to be executed in Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities." He sacrifices himself in place of another man in order to redeem his own wasted life.