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    Which novel starts with the clock striking thirteen?

    Question #5201. Asked by lisabate. (Aug 17 00 10:32 PM)


    shantaram

    		"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." This is the opening sentence of George Orwell's prophetic novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four.'

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

    [Link added -- Zb]

    Aug 18 00, 1:02 PM

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