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13 First Lines Of Famous Books

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13 First Lines Of Famous Books
Genevieve Palabrica

1. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort”

2. Catcher In the Rye by J.D Salinger

“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.”

3. 1984 by George Orwell

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”

4. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

“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.”

5. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

“It was love at first sight.”

6. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.”

7. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

“Snowman wakes before dawn. He lies unmoving, listening to the tide coming in, wave after wave sloshing over the various barricades, wish-wash, wish-wash, the rhythm of heartbeat. He would so like to believe he is still asleep.”

8. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.”

9. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

“I am an invisible man.”

10. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

“You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.”

11. The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

“This is the saddest story I have ever heard.”

12. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

“It was a pleasure to burn.”

13. Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie

“All children, except one, grow up.”
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