age of foolishne"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the ss . . ." Dickens begins A Tale of Two Cities with this famous sentence. It describes the spirit of the era in which this novel takes place. This era is the latter part of the 1700s - a time when relations between Britain and France were strained, America declared its independence, and the …showed first 75 words of 464 total…

…showed last 75 words of 464 total…if he still wishes to live or if he can bear to see the young lady after having been "buried" for eighteen long years. Upon arriving at an inn in Dover, Lorry waits for the young lady. Here the reader learns that the sixty-year-old Lorry is a well-dressed businessman who works for Tellson's Bank. Tellson's has an office in London, and an office in Paris. Lorry is above all a man of business, and t