"A Tale of Two Cities" begins: This is the best time and the worst time; This is the age of wisdom, this is the age of ignorance; This is the age of trust, this is the age of doubt; This is the season of light, this is the season of darkness; This is the spring of hope, this is the winter of disappointment; We have everything in front of us, but nothing in front of us; We will all go straight to heaven, and we will all go straight to hell.

A Tale of Two Cities is a long historical novel set in the French Revolution by the British writer Charles Dickens. First published in 1859.

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A Tale of Two Cities was written in the 1950s of 19, which coincided with the rapid development of British capitalist economy. The evil brought by the development of capitalism and the poverty of working people's lives have led to the extreme resentment and dissatisfaction of the lower classes, and British society is on the verge of a great social revolution.

This is very similar to the social situation in France at the end of 18. Dickens' comparison between the two cities gave reference and warning to the British society at that time.