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... " Dickens begins A Tale of Two Cities with this famous sentence. ... Dickens describes the two cities at the center of the novel: Paris, a city of extravagance, aristocratic abuses, and other evils that lead to revolution and London, a city rife with crime, capital punishment, and disorder. In both cities, the capabilities of an angry mob were a dangerous thing, to be feared by all. The tale begins on a road between London and Dover (in southern England) in 1775. ... Lorry can tell who or at least of what class the two other passengers are.
Approximate Word count = 466 Approximate Pages = 1.9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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