A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens is considered one of the most popular and prolific writers of his time. He is considered a literary genius by many people and his novels and short stories prove it. He created some of the most famous characters in fictional writing. He had a huge influence on Victorian society and was one of the first authors to write primarily about the lower classes. It gives readers a unique insight into the Victorian era. He manages to capture the emotion and feeling of all his characters and transform them into a realistic spectacle; Dickens's characters lived in great detail, which is one of the main reasons why his characters were so memorable. He used his stories to highlight things that needed to change in his society. His novels have been made "A Tale of Two Cities" is one of his most famous and best-known works. The novel really does an excellent job of describing the period of the French Revolution. Charles Dickens uses many literary devices to give readers a fictional account of this period. The story begins with a man named Mr. Lorry traveling to Dover to meet a girl named Lucy; he then informs Lorry that his father, Dr. Manette, captured and imprisoned in the Bastille, was still alive. Monsieur Defarge, who is a former servant of Dr. Manette, owns a wine merchant which is said to be the center of certain revolutionary practices. Charles Darnay is a member of the Evremonde family and is therefore on trial for espionage. In France, the aristocracy usually denounces the poor, the Marquis Evermonde runs over a child with his car and is murdered in his sleep that same night. Defarge