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ATaleofTwoCities(1859)isanovelbyCharlesDickens,setinLondonandParisbeforeandduringtheFrenchRevolution.Withwellover200millioncopiessold,itranksamongthemostfamousworksinthehistoryoffictionalliterature.Briefintroduction

Dr.ManettewaspickedupandsenttotheBastille，becauseofknowingaterriblesecretaboutnobleMarquisSt.Evremonde.ButHisonlydaughter,LucieManette,fellinlovewithCharlesDarnay,thenephewoftheMarquisSt.Evremonde,whichabandonedthenobledegreetolivebyhimself.WhentherevolutionofFrancebrokedown,CharlesDarnaywasdenounced.SydneyCarton,thelawyerofEngland,wasthefamily'sgoodfriendandhelovedLucie,too.Itwashe,finallybekilledinsteadbyhisownmind.Thisstoryisaboutthewar,thehostilityandthelove.Nowlet'sseethepartsonebyone.thewarthehostilitythelove"Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness,itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity,itwastheseasonofLight,itwastheseasonofDarkness,itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair,wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus,wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewereallgoingdirecttheotherway--inshort,theperiodwassofarlikethepresentperiod,thatsomeofitsnoisiestauthoritiesinsistedonitsbeingreceived,forgoodorforevil,inthesuperlativedegreeofcomparisononly."

那是最美好的時代，那是最糟糕的時代；那是智慧的年頭，那是愚昧的年頭；那是信仰的時期，那是懷疑的時期；那是光明的季節(jié)，那是黑暗的季節(jié)；那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天；我們擁有一切，我們一無所有;我們?nèi)荚谥北继焯?，我們?nèi)荚谥北枷喾吹姆较?-簡而言之，那時跟現(xiàn)在非常相象，某些最喧囂的權(quán)威堅持要用形容詞的最高級來形容它。說它好，是最高級的；說它不好，也是最高級的。Thanksforwatching~DJM2012/3/11TheFrenchRevolution(French:Révolutionfran?aise;1789–1799),wasaperiodofradicalsocialandpoliticalupheavalinFrancethathadamajorimpactonFranceandindeedallofEurope.法國大革命（法語：Révolutionfran?aise，1789年–1799年）是一段激進主義在法國乃至歐洲政治及社會層面橫行的時期。統(tǒng)治法國多個世紀的絕對君主制封建制度在三年內(nèi)土崩瓦解。法國在這段時期經(jīng)歷著一個史詩式的轉(zhuǎn)變：過往的封建、貴族和宗教特權(quán)不斷受到自由主義政治組織及上街抗議的民眾的沖擊，傳統(tǒng)觀念逐漸被全新的天賦人權(quán)、三權(quán)分立等的民主思想所取代。theFrenchRevolution(法國大革命)thehostility(復(fù)仇)Dr.ManetteHedamnedtheMarquisSt.Evremonde.ButwhenhewasoutoftheBastilleafter18years,hefoundthathisdoughterfellinlovewiththepersonalenemy'snephew.Hestoppeddamningandtriedtoforgivehim.MadameDefargeShewasthesisterofthegirlwhowaskilledbytheMarquisSt.Evremonde.Whentherevolutionbrokedown,shetriedherbesttochargetheMarquisSt.Evremonde'sfamily.Shewasabravelady,eventhoughshemadesomemistakes.thelove(愛情)LucieandDarnay

CharlesDarnaywasanhonestandhandsomeman.HehelpedLucieandDr.ManettewentbacktoLondon.Inthattime,thetowyoungsfellinlovesoon.It'saprettylovestory.SydneyCartonHewasa