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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