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Manette may refer to: People: *A. Manette Ansay (born 1964), American author, born in Lapeer, Michigan *Alexandre Manette, character in Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities *Lucie Manette, character in Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities Location in Washington, USA: * Manette, Washington, Washington is a community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States *Manette Bridge The Manette Bridge was a steel truss bridge that spanned the Port Washington Narrows in Bremerton, Washington, USA. It connected the community of Manette, Washington to downtown Bremerton. Although it is not part of a numbered state highway, it ..., steel truss bridge that spans the Port Washington Narrows in Bremerton, Washington, USA * Manette Peninsula, headland that is part of the larger Kitsap Peninsula on the eastern flank of the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington, USA {{disambiguation fr:Manette it:Manette nl:Manette vo:Manette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Manette
Doctor Alexandre Manette is a character in Charles Dickens' 1859 novel ''A Tale of Two Cities''. He is Lucie's father, a brilliant physician, and spent eighteen years "in secret" as a prisoner in the Bastille prior to the French Revolution. He is imprisoned because in the course of his medical practice he learns of abusive actions by two members of the aristocratic Evrémonde family. While realizing the power at court of nobles such as the Evrémondes, Manette reports them to a minister of the royal government. He is seized from his young family and imprisoned under a ''lettre de cachet''. Character and plot At the start of the novel, Manette has been recently released from the Bastille after a long imprisonment. He is briefly given shelter in Paris by his former servant Ernest Defarge (who will subsequently be a leader of the storming of the Bastille) and is then reunited with his daughter Lucie. He does nothing but make shoes, a pastime that he adopted to distract himself from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |