Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

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A Dreamer's Dream-Walk with Dickens*

A Dreamer's Dream-Walk with Dickens*

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One of the most memorable and iconic opening lines in a novel was written by no other than Charles Dickens.

“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…

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