Nineteenth-century London, England, in the Victorian era: the clash of light and shadow, the mingling of crime and punishment.
This was the best of times, this was the worst of times; this was the age of wisdom, this was the age of foolishness; this was the age of belief, this was the age of doubt.
This was the season of light, this was the season of darkness; this was the spring of hope, this was the winter of despair; everything lay before us, nothing lay before us; we were all going straight to Heaven, we were all going the other way.
