Inside the story
Meet Ernest Defarge
Ernest Defarge is a wine-shop keeper in the Saint Antoine district of Paris and a leader among the revolutionary Jacquerie. Once a servant of Doctor Manette, he now shelters the doctor after his release and helps carry the unrest of the streets toward the Bastille.
On the page
A bull-necked, martial-looking man of about thirty, dark and sunburnt, with good eyes, a resolute set to his features, and a bold, broad hand; dressed as a working tradesman of the faubourg.
