Today: (Feb 7th 2012) marks 200yrs since the birth of Charles Dickens, which of his many works would you list as your favourite?

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answer:“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, . . .” Hmm, sounds like now, doesn’t it?

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