Statistics for First Sentences of Famous Novels #2

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.	The Hobbit	90%
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.	1984	81%
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 Philosopher's Stone	57%
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	48%
I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.	Flatland	33%
"Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.	Charlotte's Web	24%
My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie.	The Lovely Bones	14%
It was 7 minutes after midnight.	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	10%
This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.	The Five People You Meet in Heaven	10%
Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.	The Lightning Thief	10%