looking for a quote from a book

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The quote, "It was the best of times, it was the worse of times" comes from what E.A. Poe written book? I know this is from a Dickens book, but could it also be from Poe?

-- Anonymous, May 16, 2001

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Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities" at the beginning("worst)). Though Poe divided good times from a lot of bad times I can't recall anything similar. Usually Poe was speaking of his personal past, rarely of the society.

-- Anonymous, May 16, 2001

Sorry, Beautz, but Poe does not use that phrase in anything he wrote. I searched a very complete set of his works through www.google.com.

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2001

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