"Tale of Two Cities: A Report" by Gloria Van Anson (1) A Tale of Two Cities, the second of only two historical novels written by Charles Dickens, the novel spans action in the cities of London and Paris during the years 1775-1793. (2) These were the years leading up to and also including the years of the French Revolution. (3) The novel begins with some famous words. (4) They are: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." (5) Dickens sets the stage for the extremes the novel reveals, both the extreme lavishness of the aristocracy and the poverty and desperation of the peasantry. (6) Throughout the novel, individual characters come to represent these great social forces. (7) Dickens builds the growing tension between the aristocracy and the peasants as the characters are led toward what seems an inevitable end. (8) Juxtaposed against all the suffering and hatred amongst the people and within society is the final, and ultimate, sacrificial act of Sydney Carton. (9) He gives his life so that the husband of the woman he loves can live. (10) As he qoes to the In context, what is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 2 (reprinted here)? These were the years leading up to and also including the years of the French Revolution. that lead up to and also included the years of leading up to and including that leads up to and included which did lead up to and did also include leading up to those years that also included