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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Last night I dreamt I went to Manderlay again. Rebecca Reply #21. Oct 04 18, 5:32 PM |
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There was a thread already opened on this theme on February 23 2017 entitled 'the best first phrase in a book'. It's now slipped onto page 2 of Literature threads, so not as visible now. Therefore I'll try not to repeat what is in that thread. I recently read 'Marathon Man' by William Goldman which begins 'Every time he drove through Yorkville, Rosenbaum got angry, just on general principles.' Reply #22. Oct 05 18, 1:24 AM |
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First sentence of George Orwell's book, 'The Lion and the Unicorn'. 'As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead trying to kill me.' Reply #23. Oct 05 18, 1:30 AM |
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Geogio Vasari 'The Lives of the Artists'. This is a rather long opening sentence. Maybe the longest ? 'The endless flood of misfortunes which swept over and drowned the wretched country of Italy had not only destroyed everything that could really be called a building, but, even more importantly, had completely wiped out its population of artists, when in the year 1240, as God willed it, there was born in the city of Florence to the Cimabue, a noble family of those times, a son Giovanni, also named Cimabue, who shed first light upon the art of painting' Reply #24. Oct 05 18, 1:41 AM |
GreenChair74
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"Who is John Galt?" "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand Reply #25. Oct 05 18, 3:44 AM |
C30
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"WRENS.....on board SHIP". The Admiral's voice rose and fell, as though in a four-note cadenza, describing a whole register of pained outrage. "Wrens at SEA in Her Majesty's Ships", he went on, adding a coda of disbelief. "Ye GODS. I knew it was supposed to be coming one day, but I never actually believed it. Not really. Not in MY time". One of my all time favourite books, and arguably the most hilarious I have ever read........."The Good Ship Venus" by John Winton. Reply #26. Oct 05 18, 10:37 AM |
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'I am afraid my father's account of his Gallic Wars is among the dullest books ever written.' Augustus by Allan Massie Reply #27. Oct 10 18, 8:59 AM |
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'Consider it done.' Yeah, well I found out how stupid that particular promise was next day.' Ovid by Davis Wishart 'So there I was, joy of joys unlooked for, back at the palace for another private talk with the empress.' Germanicus by David Wishart 'The smoke from Dad's pyre gusted among the tombs, plain ordinary woodsmoke, with no spices or perfume to mask the more unpleasant smells.' Sejanus by David Wishart Reply #28. Oct 10 18, 9:06 AM |
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"The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years - if it ever did end - began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain." ~IT~ ~Stephen King~ Reply #29. Dec 10 18, 2:06 AM |
lesn
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'A story like mine should never be told' from Memoirs of a Geisha Reply #30. Jan 22 19, 5:15 AM |
Cymruambyth
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"Those two girls, Constance and Sophia Baines, paid no heed to the manifold interest of their situation, of which, indeed, they had never been conscious." 'The Old Wives' Tale' by Arnold Bennett Reply #31. Apr 04 19, 12:19 PM |
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All children, except one, grow up. James Barrie - Peter Pan Reply #32. Apr 12 19, 1:15 PM |
Dagny1
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When I was seven, Dat caught me under the covers reading by candlelight. Courting Cate by Leslie Gould (I just had to share this. It probably resonates with every reader - except for the candlelight bit unless you're really, really old. Talk about risky! To not leave anyone in suspense, Dat confiscated the candle but the next night there was a flashlight by her bed.) Reply #33. Oct 28 19, 10:04 AM |
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"It is truth universally acknowleged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." - 'Pride and Prejudice', by Jane Austen. Reply #34. Oct 28 19, 1:00 PM |
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"So when's the precious bundle coming home?" The Nervous Nephew by Nicola Furlong Reply #35. Nov 04 19, 7:46 AM |
Catreona
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There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Reply #36. Nov 10 20, 4:12 PM |
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From her bed of bundled newspapers under the kitchen table, Rachel Rabinowitz watched her mother's bare feet shuffle to the sink. Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade Reply #37. Nov 10 20, 5:13 PM |
rubytops
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At London RAF Northolt airport, very few planes were cleared for takeoff. The Bankers Wife...Christina Alger Reply #38. Nov 14 20, 11:30 AM |
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' I am born. Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.' David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Reply #39. Nov 14 20, 3:11 PM |
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I wouldn't have noticed the young woman when she entered my bookshop except for the silk shawl in bright red wrapped around her neck and shoulders. --- The Detecting Duchess by Kate Parker Reply #40. Nov 14 20, 3:18 PM |
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