《双城记》的故事具有戏剧性,情节跌宕起伏,引人入胜.故事描写的是法国大革命年代,受贵州迫害的梅内特医生及其一家的悲惨遭遇.作者以其细腻的笔触塑造了个性鲜明的人物形象,有的善良、忠贞、正直；也有的阴险、狂妄、残暴、贪婪.从某一角度来讲,书中的描述是锹更斯世界观的反映,是人道主义的极至也是全书的主旨所在.

  总之,《双城记》阴郁的感伤情结,细致的人物描写和紧张的戏剧情节,使它历来拥有较多的读者.

There was much commiseration for her as she was removed, and much sympathy with her father. It had evidently been a great distress to him, to have the days of his imprisonment recalled. He had shown strong internal agitation when he was questioned, and that pondering or brooding look which made him old, had been upon him, like a heavy cloud, ever since.

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