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Paris, 1789, July 14. In the quarter of San Antoine, something is happening.

7 seconds sound clip from the A Tale of Two Cities (1938) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:36:03.710 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- No, I shall never be better than I am. I'm like one who died young. All my life might have been.

- Don't be afraid. I'll never refer to this again, only in the hour of my death I shall hold sacred this one good remembrance that my last avowal of myself was made to you, and that my name and faults, and miseries were gently carried in your heart.

- Do you believe this of me, Miss Manette?

- I do.

- And this, too, believe.

- For you and for any dear to you, I would do anything. Remember sometimes. Remember that there is a man who would give his life to keep a life you love beside you.

- Goodbye, Lucie. Goodbye.

- Paris, 1789, July 14. In the quarter of San Antoine, something is happening.

- In the narrow mean street, smelling of rags and nightcaps and hunger, all night crowds have been stirring.

- Soon after dawn, Madame Defarge puts down her knitting.

- At last it has come.

- Yes, our day has come.

- Saint Antoine had been, that morning, a vast dusky mass of scarecrows heaving to and fro, with gleams of light above the billowy heads, where steel blades and bayonets shine in the sun.

- Now the mass begins to move.

- Patriots and friends, we are ready! To the Bastille!

[...]

A Tale of Two Cities (1938) Sound Clip

A Tale of Two Cities book coverListen to memorable quotes of Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities", as brought to life by Orson Welles in this rare 1938 Mercury Theatre radio play, featuring sound clips.

Actors: Orson Welles (Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette), Edgar Barrier (Charles Darnay), Betty Garde (Madame Defarge), Mary Taylor (Lucie Manette), Martin Gabel (Jarvis Lorry)

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