By the end of the book, a nanny has committed murder, and the good guy goes to the guillotine.
A Tale of Two Cities is my favorite Dickens book.
Ah....but the good guy sacrifices himself so the other guy and gal can be together in the end and because he knew he had done some bad things as I recall.
So it’s bittersweet but showed that men can sacrifice for the overall good and regain some level of honor.
At least that is how I remember it from .....wow was the last time I read that really 25 years ago.....time to break out the leather