Tale of Two Cities: First impressions

The main concept taken from today's lecture for me at least being the emphasis on Dickens authenticity, this quality in his writing was blatantly evident in his opening to Tale of Two Cities as he spits out an exposition like it was homework. Being the voice of the people in his writing, Dickens depicted the England and France of his story as he saw it in his own life, two nations filled with violence and paranoia over crime, the paranormal, and their rebellious cousins across the Atlantic. Immediately beginning with a highway robbery scare, Dickens shows just how real the problem of crime was during his time.