A Tale of Two Cities

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

times…”

Tale of Two Cities

Written: 1859

Setting: 1775 - 1793

Charles Dickens1812- 1870

1882:

1/5 of world surface

¼ of world population

Written: 1859

England: The rule of Queen

Victoria

1837-1901

Steam engine/steam ship

Telegraph/morse code

Analytic machine: computer

Tunnels/terminals

Machine guns/colt revolver

Cholorform

Large scale printing presses

Gasoline engine, public

libraries, advertising Phonograph, periodic

table, telephone, gasoline

engine, sewing machine,

radio waves, braille,

bacteria

Darwin: The survival of the fittest

France

Droit de Seigneur; Droit du Cuissage

Lettres de Cachet

“The Woodman, Fate”

Tumbrils, “The Farmer, Death”

Farm carts

Liberty Equality, Fraternity?

London Paris

"The Lord is awakened out of

sleep. He will terribly shake

the earth."