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Books by First Sentences

Give the title of the following famous books by their first sentences or opening lines.
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Last updated: March 1, 2021
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Opening Line
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
A tale of Two Cities
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes."
War and Peace
"Call me Ishmael."
Moby Dick
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
1984
"Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene..."
Romeo and Juliet
"They shoot the white girl first."
Paradise
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
"He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish."
The Old Man and the Sea
"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."
The Great Gatsby
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"Tell me, Muse, of the man of many ways, who was driven far journeys, after he had sacked Troy's secret citadel."
The Odyssey
"It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest..."
The Jungle Book
“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.”
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.”
To Kill a Mockingbird
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”
Anna Karenina
“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.”
Little Women
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Pride and Prejudice
''Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago..."
Don Quixote
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2 Comments
Hobby
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Level 62
Mar 1, 2021
Um, it's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Otherwise loads of fun.
q1zmst3r
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Level 43
Mar 1, 2021
I forgot that this was going to happen, in America it's sorcerer's stone but in the UK it's philosopher's stone. I'll try to make it an accepted answer. Thanks for the feedback though.
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