novels by opening line - Statistics

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opening line novel % Correct
Call me Ishmael. Moby Dick
92%
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. A Tale of Two Cities
85%
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
84%
It was a pleasure to burn. Fahrenheit 451
75%
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. The Metamorphosis
74%
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
74%
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 1984
73%
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Anna Karenina
56%
[title], light of my life, fire of my loins. Lolita
52%
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, " just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." The Great Gatsby
44%
Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don't know. The Stranger
41%
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Rebecca
37%
There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. Jane Eyre
32%
All this happened, more or less. Slaughterhouse-Five
21%
[title] said she would buy the flowers herself. Mrs. Dalloway
14%
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