《双城记》是英国作家狄更斯的一部著名小说，被誉为世界文学史上的经典之作。其中，有一段经典的英文描述，被认为是狄更斯文学风格的代表之一。这段描述是：“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, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”

这段描述通过对时代的对比，揭示了法国大革命时期的社会矛盾和复杂性。狄更斯通过反复强调“是最好的时代，也是最糟糕的时代”，并且用一系列对比词语，如“智慧与愚蠢之间的时代”，“信仰与怀疑之间的时代”，“光明与黑暗之间的季节”等，生动地描绘了时代的多重面貌。同时，狄更斯还用“我们拥有一切，我们一无所有”这样的对比表达，强调了社会的不公和人民的苦难。

这段描述不仅在文学上具有很高的艺术价值，也在历史和社会上有着深刻的意义。它揭示了人类社会中经常存在的矛盾和对立，反映了人类历史与社会发展的复杂性和多变性。这段描述也经常被引用，成为狄更斯作品中最有名的一段。它不仅成为英语学习者必学的经典段落，也成为了读者们深刻理解历史和社会的重要工具。

总之，这段经典的英文描述具有极高的文学价值和历史意义，它生动地描绘了法国大革命时期的社会矛盾和复杂性，同时也反映了人类社会中普遍存在的矛盾和对立。这段描述的经典地位，使其成为了世界文学史上不可或缺的一部分。