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• Tale of Two Cities, A
  1. (1859) a novel by Charles DICKENS, set in London and Paris at the time of the FRENCH REVOLUTION . The start of the book is very well known: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'. Another famous part is the thoughts of one of the main characters, Sydney Carton, when he is about to be killed by the GUILLOTINE instead of another man that he is pretending to be, so that the other man can live: 'It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done'.
• Tale of a Tub, A
  1. a SATIRE by Jonathan SWIFT about religious extremism. It tells of three brothers, Peter, who represents the ROMAN CATHOLIC church; Jack, who represents the extreme PROTESTANT s, and Martin, who represents the ANGLICAN church.
• fairy tale (noun)
  1. a children's story in which magical things happen
  2. a story that someone has invented and is difficult to believe
• heroic tale (noun)
  1. a story of an adventure
• old wives' tale (noun)
  1. a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth
• tall tale (noun)
  1. unusual, incredible or fanciful an improbable story
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