a tale of two cities

Dickens likes the third person omniscient point of view. His God-like narrative flows through characters and situations. Dickens was a master of building atmosphere and context for his stories. He masterfully uses figurative language like paradox to convey his detail. Check out his famous opening to the book:

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 .