QuoteQuest“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
— Charles Dickens, 1859
Verification
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Source
- Title
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Type
- book · Primary source
- Date
- 1859
- Location
- Book 1, Chapter 1
- Held by
- Project Gutenberg
Context
Opening line of a novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.
What it means
An age of extremes, where hope and despair exist side by side.
Cite this source
Dickens, Charles. (1859). A Tale of Two Cities. Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/98
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