Александр Манетт

Доктор Александр Манетт - персонаж в романе Чарльза Диккенса 1859 года «Сказка о двух городах» . Он Люси отец , блестящий врач и провел восемнадцать лет «тайно» в качестве заключенного в Бастилии до французской революции . Он заключен в тюрьму, потому что в ходе своей медицинской практики он узнает о оскорбительных действиях двух членов семьи аристократической семьи. Осознавая власть в суде, таких как Evrémondes, Манетт сообщает их министру королевского правительства. Он схвачен из своей молодой семьи и заключен в тюрьму под Леттре -де -Качеет .

Персонаж и сюжет

At the start of the novel, Manette has been recently released from the Bastille after a long imprisonment. He is briefly given shelter in Paris by his former servant Ernest Defarge (who will subsequently be a leader of the storming of the Bastille) and is then reunited with his daughter Lucie. He does nothing but make shoes, a pastime that he adopted to distract himself from the tortures of prison. He is clearly not in his mind during this time; he speaks only when necessary, and has become so used to being a prisoner that he can hardly bear light or freedom. As he overcomes his past as a prisoner, due to his daughter's love and devotion to him, however, he resumes his occupation as a physician in England, and proves to be a kind, loving father who prizes his daughter’s happiness above all things. He even blesses her marriage to Charles Darnay; the son of the aristocrat who was responsible for his imprisonment (Darnay has completely renounced his family's ill-gotten fortune and is a good fellow, unaware of the harm that his father once inflicted on his current father-in-law). When Charles Darnay is arrested in France during the French Revolution, Manette is his witness that he is innocent. Unfortunately, Darnay is arrested again, due to a diary that Manette wrote when he was in jail, which sends Darnay back to prison. Darnay is condemned for his uncle's sins, but Сидни Картон (из любви к Люси Манетт) маскирует себя под Чарльза и занимает свое место в гильотине и умирает за него.

Cinematic and theatrical portrayals

• In the 1935 film A Tale of Two Cities, Dr. Manette is played by Henry B. Walthall.
• In the 1958 film adaptation, Dr. Alexandre Manette is played by Stephen Murray.
• In the 1980 TV movie A Tale of Two Cities, Dr. Manette is played by Peter Cushing.
• In the 2008 Broadway musical adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, Dr. Alexandre Manette is played by Gregg Edelman.