"It is a far better thing I do than I have ever done; It is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known" is from which novel?

From the novel by Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities", it ends with this famous line: "It is a far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." This is a memorable phrase spoken by Sydney Carton. He is an English barrister who is portrayed in the beginning of the novel as a cynical alcoholic; he ultimately is a person who becomes a selfless hero.

Overall "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. This novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution. The corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats is seen in the early years of the revolution. Many unflattering social parallels about living life in London and Paris is noted. The lives of several key characters are followed through the social changes and events of the time. It was a time when injustice was met by a real lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty.