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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Dickens, Charles

Dickens, Charles
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Book The First

Recalled To Life

Chapter 1. The Period

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. . . ." With these
famous words Charles Dickens begins his novel of the French Revolution, "A
Tale of Two Cities." In the opening chapter, Dickens recreates the mood of the
times both in England and in France. In relating and contrasting several news
items of the day, he manages amazingly well to capture the flavor and
underlying unrest of both countries.

Comment:

Dickens deliberately adopts a dry, ironic tone in this opening chapter.
In this ...

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