Famous Books by First Sentence - Statistics

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First Sentence	Book	Year Published	% Correct
Call me Ishmael.	Moby Dick	1851	83%
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.	Harry Potter: The Philosophers Stone	1997	76%
In a hole in the ground there lived a____.	The Hobbit	1937	74%
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks werestriking thirteen.	1984	1949	66%
Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered full many ways after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy.	The Odyssey	725-675 BCE	56%
Marley was dead, to begin with.	A Christmas Carol	1843	55%
When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his armbadly broken at the elbow.	To Kill a Mockingbird	1960	55%
In the week before the departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.	Dune	1965	49%
Once upon a bye, there was a mischievous boy named ____ _____, who was always getting into trouble, getting off on danger.	Tom Sawyer	1876	46%
My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.	Great Expectations	1861	44%
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	1925	41%
The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon.	Lord of the Flies	1954	29%
When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.	The Hunger Games	2008	24%
A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.	Of Mice and Men	1932	21%
The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play, so we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day.	The Cat in the Hat	1957	19%
You'd better not ever tell nobody but God	The Color Purple	1982	17%
Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now estatesof the Buonapartes.	War and Peace	1867	15%
It was almost December, and Jonas was about to be frightened.	The Giver	1993	13%
In the late twentieth century, the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering has positioned itself to become one of the great technological revolutions of human history.	Jurassic Park	1990	10%
I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.	Ender's Game	1985	5%

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