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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Barry Sutton pulls over into the fire lane at the main entrance of the Poe Building, an Art Deco tower glowing white in the illumination of its exterior sconces. --- Recursion by Blake Crouch Reply #161. Sep 20 22, 4:02 AM |
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Piercing howls roused Martha Hostettler from her sleep, and she rolled over in bed. --- A Sister's Hope by Wanda E Brunstetter Reply #162. Sep 22 22, 12:01 PM |
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As always, Martha Storm was primed for action. --- The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick Reply #163. Sep 28 22, 8:19 AM |
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Brother Francis Gerard of Utah might never have discovered the blessed documents, had it not been for the pilgrim with girded loins who appeared during that young novice’s Lenten fast in the desert. --- A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr Reply #164. Oct 01 22, 9:28 AM |
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The rain had not let up for the better part of an hour. --- Heart of the Dragon by Keith R.A DeCandido Reply #165. Oct 02 22, 8:17 AM |
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"I've got the backbone of a worm," Lacey Lancaster muttered as she let herself into her apartment. --- Family Affair by Debbie Macomber Reply #166. Oct 03 22, 1:09 PM |
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She would come at daybreak--the woman whose letter I held in my hands, the woman whose name I did not yet know. --- The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner Reply #167. Oct 08 22, 4:49 AM |
tiye
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Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered full many ways after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy. ---Homer, Odyssey, Book 1, Line 1 Reply #168. Oct 08 22, 11:10 AM |
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Every year Mama has baked her a strawberry birthday cake. --- The Sisters of Glass Ferry by Kim Michele Richardson Reply #169. Oct 19 22, 12:26 PM |
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When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. ---To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Reply #170. Oct 22 22, 1:53 AM |
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"Don't touch that, Grandma!" --- April's Hope by Robert Elmer Reply #171. Oct 26 22, 5:05 AM |
Jacquilyn
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"It was a dark and stormy night." --A Wrinkle in Time by M. L'Engle Reply #172. Oct 26 22, 8:45 AM |
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it was April, and outside in the dark the rain whipped against the windows of our tavern, making a sound like muffled drums. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier Reply #173. Oct 26 22, 8:50 AM |
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It was the kind of summer day that makes a body glad to be alive, and even more so to be alive in coastal Maine. --- The Redemption Game by Jen Blood Reply #174. Oct 28 22, 10:58 AM |
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“This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.” --the princess bride by William Goldman Reply #175. Nov 02 22, 8:15 AM |
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Fear was an owl that rarely lighted on the branches of Kiahna Siefert's heart. --- Oceans Apart by Karen Kingsbury Reply #176. Nov 08 22, 5:07 PM |
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The birth of Simon Arthur Henry Fitzranulph Basset, Earl Clyvedon, was met with great celebration. --- The Duke and I by Julia Quinn Reply #177. Nov 10 22, 6:26 AM |
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Ginny Bergeron stood in front of the cafe's plate-glass window and stared into the swamp. --- The Lost Girls of Johnson's Bayou by Jana DeLeon Reply #178. Nov 12 22, 12:43 PM |
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The first indication that Professor Benjamin Bradshaw's life was about to plunge again into chaos appeared in the form of a flatulent horse eating Mrs. Prouty's broad beans over the garden fence, its huge teeth tugging greedily at the vines. --- Fatal Induction by Bernadette Pajer Reply #179. Nov 16 22, 9:52 AM |
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Sometimes chocolate is the only thing standing between me and murder. --- A Deadly Edition by Victoria Gilbert Reply #180. Nov 21 22, 6:13 PM |
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