Best First Lines

Descripción
Novels that have excellent or memorable first lines. Started from American Book Review's 100 Best First Lines from Novels (http://americanbookreview.org/100bestlines.asp)
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94,314 miembros
1,189 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 3
5 Members
Aquila, hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
hipdeep: In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
2
9,201 miembros
294 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 4
5 Members
Aquila, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
aethercowboy: I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.
3
25,375 miembros
257 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 2
6 Members
Aquila, hipdeep, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
aethercowboy: There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it
4
80,588 miembros
1,368 reseñas
½ 4.4
Ranking Global 1
5 Members
Aquila, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
aethercowboy: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
5
24,823 miembros
530 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 8
4 Members
Aquila, hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963
Explicaciones
hipdeep: This is my favorite book in all the world, though I've never read it.
6
24,661 miembros
525 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 9
3 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963
Explicaciones
hipdeep: Marley was dead, to begin with.
7
36,630 miembros
456 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 6
5 Members
Aquila, hipdeep, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963
Explicaciones
aethercowboy: 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.
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53,883 miembros
997 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 7
5 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
aethercowboy: It was a pleasure to burn.