https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/dickens/ Recent content in Dickens on A Geek's Life Hugo en Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:59:34 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2012/12/31/2012-the-wrap/ Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:59:34 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2012/12/31/2012-the-wrap/ <p>Dickens most eloquently captured the paradox that was the year I had in that most evocative of openings to <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/98/98-h/98-h.htm">A Tale of Two Cities</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>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, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We had everything before us, we had nothing before us,</p>