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GATE 2022 XH2 (English) – Question 35

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Identify the novel which opens with the following lines:
“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.”

  1. Jane Austen’s Emma
  2. Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights
  3. Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities
  4. H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine

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Correct answer: (C) Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities

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These are the famous opening lines of Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities.