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Quotation from Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
“Thirty years ago, Marseilles lay burning in the sun, one day”
Little Dorrit, Book the First, Ch. 1 ('Sun and Shadow') (Project Gutenberg #963)
The opening sentence, which sets the story a generation before its publication and introduces the novel's play of light and shade.
Citation: "Thirty years ago, Marseilles lay burning in the sun, one day" — Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book the First, Ch. 1 ('Sun and Shadow') (Project Gutenberg #963). (id little-dorrit-q1)
