A Tale of Two Cities

 A Tale of Two Cities takes place during 1775 during the time when Britain was handling the American revolution, and when France was had excessive spending,  extreme violence, a trend that anticipates the erection of the guillotine (the Reign of Terror). All in all, Charles Dickens spoke of a time including much instability, corruption, chaos, and much distrust amongst people in government and citizens. Dickens was able to summarize it all as "the best of times, [...and] the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..." (3).

So far, my only concern about this book is the fact that its archaic language is hard for me to adapt to. Otherwise, I really love Charles Dickens' style of writing: with his deep descriptions, as well as sophisticated tone, it's hard not to want to read more.