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A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that… — Charles Dickens

Novel · Historical literature

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities · 1859
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Topic
Existential solitude
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Historical literature
Medium
Novel
Time
1859
Person
Charles Dickens
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Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities, edited by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, bk. 1, ch. 3.
Original citation
Dickens, Charles. "A Tale of Two Cities." London: Chapman & Hall. April-Nov. 1859. Weekly serial.

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