Book 1, Chapter 1 (The Period)
The iconic 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' cascade of paradoxes framing the era of the French Revolution.
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From A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Dickens's famous antithetical opening establishes the novel's dualities and the parallel between revolutionary France and contemporary England.
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