From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!bsg Newsgroups: net.movies Title: re: Dickens quote Article-I.D.: npois.1443 Posted: Tue Jun 29 15:13:47 1982 Received: Wed Jun 30 03:46:31 1982 harpo!eagle!mhuxt!seb says: "The quote 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' is the first line from A TALE OF TWO CITIES, as is the line 'It is a far, far better thing I do now than I have done before...'" First book I ever heard of with two first lines. Funny, too--when I read it, it only had one (the best & worst one, of course).