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first lines of books

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Blandmum · 15/02/2006 17:08

Nice easy one to start us all off

'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'

Book and Author then you give one.

No googling allowed

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albatros · 15/02/2006 18:12

1984 George OrweThe education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged

albatros · 15/02/2006 18:13

1984 George Orwell

The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive,athletic and prolonged

Rowlers · 15/02/2006 18:18

Cold comfort Farm I think

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.

Blu · 15/02/2006 18:19

Metamorphosis, Kafka.

Call me ishmael...

donnie · 15/02/2006 18:19

Kafka's Metamorphosis.

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....'

Enid · 15/02/2006 18:21

tale of 2 cities

last night I dreamed I went to manderley again

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Blandmum · 15/02/2006 18:22

metamorphosis kafka

it is a truth universaly acknowledged that a man in possession of a fortune must be in want of a wife

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Mazzystar · 15/02/2006 18:24

Tale of Two Cities

donnie · 15/02/2006 18:24

Ha ! Pride and Prejudice.

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

Am I allowed two????

roisin · 15/02/2006 18:24

Pride and Prejudice

Mazzystar · 15/02/2006 18:24

rebecca

pride and predjudice

Mazzystar · 15/02/2006 18:27

yes donnie, do one for me

Blu · 15/02/2006 18:27

You haven't done
Call me Ishmael!

WigWamBam · 15/02/2006 18:28

Call Me Ishmael is Moby Dick.

The walk one is Jane Eyre.

albatros · 15/02/2006 18:29

Jayne Eyre Charlotte Bronte

In the beginning there was a river the river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world.

JonesTheSteam · 15/02/2006 18:29

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days.

WigWamBam · 15/02/2006 18:29

When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread until they were within an unimportant distance of his ears.

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Blandmum · 15/02/2006 18:30

far from the madding crowd hardy

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albatros · 15/02/2006 18:30

Farmer oak Under the greenwood tree???

albatros · 15/02/2006 18:31

Of course far from the maddening crowd not under the greenwood tree

WigWamBam · 15/02/2006 18:32

Jones the Steam's is Remains of the Day

Twiglett · 15/02/2006 18:33

am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God

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Blandmum · 15/02/2006 18:34

except for the marabar caves-and they are 20 miles off- the city of Chandrapour presents nothing extraordinary

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Twiglett · 15/02/2006 18:35

Is that Life of Pi MB?

albatros · 15/02/2006 18:35

martinbishop A suitable boy vikram seth ??