A Tale of Two Cities

Dickens writes, “…that a man in good clothes should be going to prison was no more remarkable [in Paris] than that a labourer in working clothes should be going to work.” What does this statement imply about the state of affairs in Paris? (Book 3 Chapter

Dickens writes, “…that a man in good clothes should be going to prison was no more remarkable [in Paris] than that a labourer in working clothes should be going to work.” What does this statement imply about the state of affairs in Paris?

(Book 3 Chapters 1-7)

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This statement implies that the majority of the wealthy people in the city were being imprisoned.