Dr Manette Sydney Carton Charles Darnay and Jerry Cruncher by the selfless love Dr Manette loses his physical and mental strength due to his long imprisonment But he is resurrected physically and mentally by the deep love and affection of his daughter Lucie after his release from his imprisonment after eighteen years At last he has been able to restart his life as a physician That is the result of selfless love Love for daughter s happiness Doctor Alexander Manette is an affectionate father He can do everything for his daughter s happiness He was imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years because of his honesty and for barbaric attitude of Marquis Evremonde's family In spite of being a physician Doctor Manette spends his all time making shoes in the Bastille However the Evremonde family is responsible for the unbearable life of Doctor Manette In spite of knowing the real identity of Darney when Dr Manette comes to know that Lucie likes Charles Darnay as her life partner he allows the marriage without any objections forgetting his own sorrow He does it only for his daughter s happiness It refers to nothing but the glorification of selfless love Selfless sacrifice for love Sydney Carton indifferent and an alcoholic lawyer is a great paradigm of selfless love in the novel A Tale of Two Cities He falls in love with Lucie but cannot expose it openly A time comes when he feels bored in his present life and laments his misused life He thinks that he can never improve his current condition Observing Carton s condition Lucie assures him that he has enough possibility to change his life Lucie also informs him that she is unable to love him because she likes Darney as her husband Hearing this Carton promises to Lucie that he is always ready for any kind of sacrifice for Lucie Carton says- I embrace any sacrifices for you and for those dear to you would Lucie s husband Darney is rearrested in France due to the charge of Ernest Defarge and his revengeful wife In court they have been able to prove Charles Darney as an ancestral of cruel Marquis Evremonde After getting the real identity of Darney the members of the jury board Condemn him and sentence him to death within the next twenty-four hours Upon hearing of Darnye's execution Carton meets Darney in prison two hours before his execution and forces Darney to change his shoes hair and shirt Afterward Carton with the help of Barsad places a handkerchief soaked in chloroform near Darney's nose and makes him unconscious Carton tells Barsad to take unconscious Darney out of prison Barsad follows his orders Carton then takes shelter in Darnoy's cell and he embraces death for the happiness of his beloved Lucie Then Charles Darney joins his family because of Carton's selfless love Mental and spiritual satisfaction Sacrifice for love brings mental and spiritual satisfaction When Carton saves Darney s life from Guillotine at the cost of his life before his death Carton imagines that if he sacrifices his life to save Darnay's life Lucie and Darney will get an opportunity to live a happy and peaceful life with their child They will always remember his name with deep love from the hearth He thinks One day France will be free from all kinds of evils and full of intelligent people He says- I see a beautiful city and brilliant people rising from this abyss He imagines that his sacrifice for love will take place in the hearts of the new generation All these imaginations bring him emotional and spiritual satisfaction Thus the novelist has glorified selfless love in this novel Love for the Servant Charles Darney's sacrifice for the servant is another example of selfless love When Gabelle writes a letter to Darney to save him from prison Darney taking the risk of his life goes to France to free his servant from prison Thus his own life falls at risk of death which is another sign of selfless love Conclusion After scanning the whole novel Selfless love inspires people to sacrifice redemption personal growth and moral improvement Sydney Carton s Christ-like sacrifice for love and humanity is an utmost paradigm of selfless love The novelist has vividly glorified selfless love in the novel A Tale of Two Cities