... early as the first chapter with the letter to Lucie. Another technique the author used was that of doubles. This was shown in the title A Tale of TWO Cities as well as being shown in the first line of the book, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - Lucie was caring and a tender-loving type character while Madame Defarge was made out to ... Manette. The reader again thought this a very fitting technique for this type of novel. The first book in the novel begins in the year of 1775 and the execution of Carton took place in 1789. This was only a very short period of histor...

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