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A Tale of Two Cities
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A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens · 1859

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Type A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens — Classic Book Typing Practice

A historical novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

Practice typing curated passages from A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens on TypeMaster Pro. Live WPM, accuracy, and error tracking turn one of literature's greatest works into focused typing practice.

A Tale of Two Cities Passages for Typing Practice

The Opening (48 words)

“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.”

The Wine Shop (40 words)

“A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken in the street. The wine was red wine and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine. In the universal fear and confusion the people ran to the spot and began to drink the wine from the gutters and from the stones with a desperate eagerness.”

Sydney Carton (42 words)

“He had a habit of always walking in the shadow of the street wall and of looking down as he walked. He had a good figure and a good face but his manner was so careless and his expression so gloomy that he seemed a man whom nothing could ever have interested or moved.”

The Final Sacrifice (45 words)

“It is a far far better thing that I do than I have ever done it is a far far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. Sydney Carton stood upon the scaffold his face serene and peaceful. In the gathering darkness of the prison yard he had found a peace that had eluded him all his life.”

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