Subject: First Sentence Of A Book
Posted by: hekawi
Date: Dec 14 17
Give the first sentence of a book. Any book. Literary work.
Name book and author.
"MARLEY WAS DEAD, to begin with."
~~A Christmas Carol --- Charles Dickens
Posted by: hekawi
Date: Dec 14 17
Give the first sentence of a book. Any book. Literary work.
Name book and author.
"MARLEY WAS DEAD, to begin with."
~~A Christmas Carol --- Charles Dickens
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"It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen." "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell. Reply #1. Dec 15 17, 3:34 PM |
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"When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared around them, extending upon his countenance like the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun". "Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy Reply #2. Dec 15 17, 3:40 PM |
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"I am afraid my father's account of his Gallic Wars is among the dullest books ever written" "Augustus" - a novel by Allan Massie Reply #3. Dec 15 17, 3:57 PM |
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"I'd been at a party on the Caelian the night before. My tongue tasted like a gladiator's jockstrap, my head was pounding like Vulcan's smithy, and if you'd held up a hand and asked me how many finger's you'd got I'd've been hard put to give a definite answer without using an abacus" "Ovid" by David Wishart Reply #4. Dec 15 17, 4:02 PM |
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"Dr Iannis had enjoyed a satisfactory day in which none of his patients had died or got any worse". "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" by Louis De Bernieres Reply #5. Dec 15 17, 4:05 PM |
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"Now that the dust has settled, we can begin to look at our situation". "A Place of Greater Safety" by Hilary Mantel Reply #6. Dec 15 17, 4:08 PM |
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"The leather-bound volume was nothing remarkable. "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness Reply #7. Dec 15 17, 10:54 PM |
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They say the world is flat and supported on the back of four elephants who themselves stand on the back of a giant turtle. 'The Fifth Elephant' - Terry Pratchett Reply #8. Dec 16 17, 2:19 AM |
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"Aa Mog accidentally ate an alligator and all were amazed at the........BANG!" "Mog's Amazing Birthday Caper" by Judith Kerr (a children's alphabet book) Reply #9. Dec 17 17, 4:01 AM |
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"It Began with Christopher Columbus, who gave the people the name Indios." ~Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee~ by Dee Brown Reply #10. Dec 17 17, 12:19 PM |
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"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth." John Steinbeck's, "The Grapes of Wrath" Reply #11. Dec 17 17, 2:16 PM |
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"It was love at first sight." ~Catch-22~ by Joseph Keller Reply #12. Dec 17 17, 7:08 PM |
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"Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were." ~Gone With The Wind~ by Margaret Mitchell Reply #13. Dec 22 17, 3:20 PM |
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"Lymond is back." "The Game Of Kings" -- Dorothy Dunnett, from "The Lymond Chronicles," Scottish historical fiction. Reply #14. Dec 22 17, 7:37 PM |
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" in 1902 Father built a house at the crest of the Broadview Avenue hill in New Rochelle, New York." ~RAGTIME~ E.L. Doctorow Reply #15. Dec 23 17, 12:12 PM |
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" On they went, singing 'Rest Eternal,' and whenever they stopped, their feet, the horses, and the gusts of wind seemed to carry on their singing." ~Doctor Zhivago~ by Boris Pasternak Reply #16. Dec 29 17, 12:26 PM |
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"Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him." ~Brighton Rock~ Graham Greene Reply #17. Jan 20 18, 7:28 AM |
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umber whunn yerrrnnn umber whunnn fayunnn These sounds: even in the haze. ~Misery~ Stephen King Reply #18. Oct 04 18, 9:59 AM |
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Wow. Now I get your name, Umber!! Reply #19. Oct 04 18, 10:48 AM |
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"Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable." ~~~ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde --- Robert Louis Stevenson Reply #20. Oct 04 18, 4:54 PM |
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