What novel by Charles Dickens, set before and during the French Revolution, opens with the sentence, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times?
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Oliver Twist
- Hard Times
- The Great Expectations
Answer
The correct answer is A) A Tale of Two Cities.
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