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Famous First Lines (Literature)

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  • "Call me Ishmael"
  • "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
  • "It is a truth universally acknowledged..."
  • "All happy families are alike..."
  • "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan..."
  • "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit"
  • "It was a bright cold day in April..."
  • "The sun shone, having no alternative..."
  • "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins"
  • "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"
  • "Mother died today"
  • "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero..."
  • "I am an invisible man"
  • "All this happened, more or less"
  • "It was a queer, sultry summer..."
  • "124 was spiteful"
  • "The man in black fled across the desert"
  • "When he was nearly thirteen..."