beginning of a tale of two cities?

Question

someone tell me the first paragraph, first one to do so gets best answer

matt u got it

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

A Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens.

I have found 8 summaries for you to look at, via the links below.

http://litsum.com/tale-of-two-cities/

http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=397

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading/activity/4138.html

http://www.awerty.addr.com/taletwo2.html

http://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/a_tale_of_two_cities/

http://dickensfordummies.homestead.com/index.html

These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions. Here is a short extract of what you can expect from the summaries.

Dickens’s doubling technique functions not only to draw oppositions, but to reveal hidden parallels. Carton, for example, initially seems a foil to Darnay; Darnay as a figure reminds him of what he could have been but has failed to become. By the end of the novel, however, Carton transforms himself from a good-for-nothing to a hero whose goodness equals or even surpasses that of the honorable Darnay. More…..

http://www.freebooknotes.com/page.php?link=http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/twocities/&book=397

James Mason reads Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities." The two cities are London and Paris just before the French Revolution. Dickens used the traditional Victorian novel as a medium for social protest, describing the oppression of the lower classes and the justifiable unrest that led to the excesses of the French Revolution. More…..

http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/062794_harp_ITH.html

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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 doing 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.

Err i had to memorize it for school !!

Answer 5

I don't know the whole first paragraph, but the first two sentences are:

"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."

Answer 6

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Don't know if that's the whole paragraph, but...

Answer 7

try cliffs of spark notes