Life and death from "summary" of A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles
In that same year, the shadows of the night were being lengthened, as the sun of the day was setting, and the clarion call of life was slowly being drowned out by the mournful toll of death. The streets of London were filled with the hustle and bustle of daily life, but beneath the surface, there lurked a darkness that threatened to consume all in its path. Men and women went about their daily business, unaware of the grim reaper that stalked them at every turn. Death was a constant companion, lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce when least expected. Life, a fragile and fleeting thing, seemed but a mere illusion in the face of such relentless and indiscriminate destruction. As the guillotine fell in the streets of Paris, the line between life and death blurred, as those who had once been the epitome of vitality and strength were reduced to mere shells o...
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