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Playing off the American Book Review list of best opening lines in literature, what is your favorite opening line from a book?
— Alice Maggio / Comments (1)
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November 9
Travel Writing
by Peter Ferry
October 12
Lords of the Levee
by Herman Kogan and Lloyd Wendt
September 14
The Echo Maker
by Richard Powers
August 10
La Perdida
by Jessica Abel
July 13
Every Crooked Pot
by Renee Rosen
June 8
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
May 11
Passing
by Nella Larsen
April 13
Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
March 16
The Book of Ralph
by John McNally
February 9
A River Runs Through It
by Norman Maclean
January 12
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
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Alice / April 22, 2008 11:14 AM
The best opening lines are those that you remember years after you've read the book. These are the best from some of my favorite books of all time:
"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink."
--from I Captured the Castle
"Where's Papa going with that ax?"
--from Charlotte's Web
"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."
--from David Copperfield (okay, I had to look this one up to remember the exact wording)