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

As Dickens put it, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...”

In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens’s 1859 novel set during the French Revolution, he wrote: “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 best of times, it was the worst of times” is the first line of which classic novel?

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

Dr. Harvey Karp, pediatrician and Founder & CEO of Happiest Baby, told Salon he thinks of motherhood today as akin to the introduction to "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dicken, which begins "'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."