Quiz: First Lines of Classic Novels by ArapahoeStaffAttention: This post is over 3 years old and the information may be out of date.Attention: This post is over 3 years old and the information may be out of date.June 4, 2018 How well do you know these first lines of classic novels? "*" indicates required fields "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Emma Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility "He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish." The Sun Also Rises The Old Man and the Sea A Farewell to Arms "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."* 1984 Animal Farm "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow." Go Set a Watchman To Kill a Mockingbird "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show." A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations David Copperfield "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Anna Karenina War and Peace "It was a pleasure to burn." Fahrenheit 451 Dandelion Wine The Martian Chronicles "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day." Villette Jane Eyre Shirley "All this happened, more or less." Slaughterhouse-Five Breakfast of Champions Cat's Cradle "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Jamaica Inn My Cousin Rachel Rebecca "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." Franny and Zooey The Catcher in the Rye "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." Love in the Time of Cholera One Hundred Years of Solitude CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Add a comment
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