AtaleoftwocitiesisoneofDickens'smostimportantrepresentativeworks。ThenovelprofoundlyexposedthesocietycontradictionbeforetheFrenchRevolution，intenselyattacksthearistocraticsocialclassisdissoluteandcruel，andsincerelysympathizeswiththedepressedclasses。ThenovelalsodescribedmanymagnificentscenesliketherevoltpeopleattackedBastilleandsoon，whichdisplayedpeople'sgreatstrength。
Thenovelhasportrayedmanydifferentpeople。DoctorManetteishonestandkindbutsuffersthepersecutionactually，Lucieisbeautifulandgentle，Charlesisgracefulandnoble，Lorryisuprightandhonest，Sydneyissemblanceofindifferent，innermostfeelingsofwarm，unconventionalbutalsoselflessandlofty，MissProssisstraightforwardandloyal，Evremondebrothersarecruelandsinister。。。。。。Thecomplexhatredishardtosolve，thecruelrevengehasmademorehatreds，lovesrebirthinthehelledge，buttakethelifeastheprice。
Asanoutstandingwriter，inDickens'swork，thelanguageskillisessential。Eachkindofrhetorictechnique，liketheanalogy，theexaggeration，thecontrast，thehumorous，andthetauntarehandledskillfully，andtheartistryoftheworkisalsodeliveredthepeak。Ataleoftwocitieshasitsdifferencewiththegeneralhistoricalnovel，itscharacterandthemainplotareallfictionalizes。WiththebroadrealbackgroundoftheFrenchRevolution，theauthortakethefictionalcharacterDoctorManette'sexperienceasthemainclue，interweavestheunjustcharge，loveandrevengethreeindependencesbutalsoincidentcross-correlationstoriestogether，theplotiscriss-crossed，andtheclueiscomplex。Theauthoruseinsertnarrates，foreshadowing，upholsteryandsomanytechniques，causesthestructureintegrityandstrictness，theplotwindinganxiousandrichoftheatricalnature，itdisplayedtheremarkableartisticskill。thestyleAtaleoftwocitiesissolemnityandmelancholy，fillsindignantion，butlacksthehumoroftheearlyworks。