CARTON, SYDNEY


Meaning of CARTON, SYDNEY in English

Carton, Sydney BrE AmE

an important character in the book A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens. Carton is a London lawyer who falls in love with Lucie Manette. But Lucie marries Charles Darnay. Darnay is arrested and sentenced to death, but Carton dies by taking Darnay's place.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.