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| - b. 1795 in Scotland - Presbyterian household
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| - had aspired to be a minister
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| History of the French Revolution
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| - written in or around 1834
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| - vol. I - Bastille; vol. II - Constitution; vol. III - Guillotine
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| - Eugene, Mortimer and Twemlow are regenerated - they make changes in their lives
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| - Dickens not hopeful for society's change as a whole; perhaps is not expecting total change, but is pointing out that perhaps individuals can change for the better
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