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The writing is the writing of Dr. Manette: 'I, Alexandre Manette...' Let it be read! 'I, Alexandre Manette, unfortunate physician, write this melancholy paper in my doleful cell in the Bastille. Hope has quite departed from my...'

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

You can hear this line at 00:44:35.888 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Was the Accused denounced openly or secretly?

- Openly, President.

- By whom?

- Three voices.

- First, Ernest Defarge, wine vendor, of Saint Antoine.

- Good.

- Second, Thérèse Defarge, his wife.

- Good.

- Third, Alexandre Manette, physician.

- President, I protest! This is a forgery and a fraud. The Accused is the husband of my daughter. Who says that I denounce the husband of my child?

- Citizen Manette, be still. If the Republic should demand of you the sacrifice of your child, you would have no duty but to sacrifice her. Be silent!

- On the fourteenth of July, Seventeen Eighty-Nine, at the taking of the Bastille, a paper was found by Citizen Ernest Defarge, concealed between two stones in the chimney of a cell, no less, One Hundred and Five, North Tower.

- The writing is the writing of Dr. Manette: 'I, Alexandre Manette...' Let it be read! 'I, Alexandre Manette, unfortunate physician, write this melancholy paper in my doleful cell in the Bastille. Hope has quite departed from my...'

- 'I, Alexandre Manette, unhappy prisoner, do this last night of the year, Seventeen Sixty-Seven...'

- 'In my unbearable agony, denounce to the times when all those things shall be answered for. I denounce them to Heaven and earth.'

- Death! Death! Death!

- All day, tumbrils go through the streets, feeding the guillotine, and at its foot, splashed with blood, sit the women knitting late into the night, counting dropping heads.

- Don't be alarmed, Mr. Lorry. Don't be alarmed, I'm quite sober.

- Sidney Carton!

[...]

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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