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First Lines #1375462
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Can you identify the following works of fiction by their opening lines?

-1. “All children, except one, grow up.”

-2. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

-3. “’Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,’ grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.”

-4. “The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail.”

-5. “It was a pleasure to burn.”

-6. “When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.”

-7. “Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.”

-8. “A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded wi

-9. “Not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine.”

-10. “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 [blip], but..."

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If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba",
which ironically means absolutely nothing.
Re: First Lines [Re: Pandora] #1375463
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1. Peter Pan?
That's a guess but can't imagine another story that fits


Some say pigs are actually very intelligent animals.
Yet I have this whole freezer full of sausages.
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All correct! wave


If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba",
which ironically means absolutely nothing.
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3. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

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Two more good answers! wave


If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba",
which ironically means absolutely nothing.
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Yes to all! wave


If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba",
which ironically means absolutely nothing.
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10. Catcher in the Rye


Eye of newt? Ugh! Toe of bat? Eww! Bar of chocolate? Yum!
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And that's a wrap! wave


If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba",
which ironically means absolutely nothing.
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