This is the first paragraph of my book, is it good or too pretentious?

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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, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

bsteve(: · Accepted Answer

Hmm..

A Tale of Two Cities maybe?

? · Answer

That's from A Tale of Two Cities.

monkeydamour · Answer

Well, first of all, you're plagiarizing from Charles Dickens' "Tale of Two Cities". That's never a good thing to do, especially in your opening sentence.

Honestly, it sounds like you're putting one over on us. I can see this being a front-runner in the Bulwer-Lytton contest.

Chibs · Answer

Hey,sorry but it reminds me too much of the Tale of Two cities by Charles Dickinson.

Mark IX · Answer

I have no idea where you are going with this, but if you start by paraphrasing Dickens you had better be going somewhere a lot more interesting than what you have.  It's long, dull, derivative and your English needs work.

Luck

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, unless you are rewriting "A Tale of Two Cities"

Anonymous · Answer

I've seen this before...it's a bit familiar, but it's good, but too familiar.

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lost.in.my.mind · Answer

umm...hasn't that been used before? only with less big words?

Onyx · Answer

way too familiar

? · Answer

uhhhh you might need to change it up.... alot! sorry :&#92;

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This is the first paragraph of my book, is it good or too pretentious?

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