What was the first children's novel that began with, "It was a dark and stormy night"?

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My favorite: A Wrinkle in Time. Apr 18 00, 3:53 PM

zbeckabee

A Wrinkle in Time is a science fantasy novel by Madeleine L'Engle, written between 1959 and 1960 and published in 1962 after at least 26 rejections by publishers because it was, in L'Engle's words, "too different". The book begins with the line, "It was a dark and stormy night," an allusion to the opening words in Edward George Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wrinkle_in_Time Jan 24 08, 1:35 AM

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