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Age of Revolution

The excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities describes the contrasting social and political conditions in France and England during the French Revolution. It notes that it was the best and worst of times, with both hope and despair. There were kings with large jaws ruling in both England and France, and the nobility felt things were permanently settled in their favor. However, the period was also one of contradiction and change.

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Age of Revolution

The excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities describes the contrasting social and political conditions in France and England during the French Revolution. It notes that it was the best and worst of times, with both hope and despair. There were kings with large jaws ruling in both England and France, and the nobility felt things were permanently settled in their favor. However, the period was also one of contradiction and change.

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Excerpt : A Tale of Two Cities

Q Read the following excerpt from the famous novel “A Tale of Two
Cities” and relate it to the social and political condition of France and
England during French Revolution.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was
the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it
was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it
was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short,
the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities
insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of
comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of
England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the
throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the
State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

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