A Tale of Two Cities (1938) Quotes with Sound Clips

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Listen 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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21 He sobbed twelve times, once for every stroke of the bell, and died on her bosom.

22 Hope has quite departed from my breast.

— Doctor Manette, Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette (Orson Welles)

23 I know very well that you can have no tenderness for me. I ask for none. I'm even thankful that it cannot be.

— Sydney Carton, Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette (Orson Welles)

24 Who was this? Was it you? Was it you? No, no, you're too young. It can't be. It can't be. You're too young, too young, too young.

— Doctor Manette, Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette (Orson Welles)

25 May I ask what it's for? -Pastime. -Not for use? -That depends. I may find a use for it one day, who knows. If I do, well, I'll use it.

— Madame Defarge (Betty Garde)

26 Come with me, then. I'll take you to him. He's very high. A little difficult. Better to begin slowly.

27 'I am thankful the time has come when I can prove them.

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

29 'If you remember the words that passed between us long ago, you will understand this when you see it. You do remember them, I know. It is not in your nature to forget them.'

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

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