This week's Booking Through Thursday question is:Suggested by: Nithin
Here’s another idea about memorable first lines from books.
What are your favourite first sentences from books? Is there a book that you liked specially because of its first sentence? Or a book, perhaps that you didn’t like but still remember simply because of the first line?
Two come to mind. Both are from books that I had to read for school. One I thought was as boring as watching paint dry and the other I adored. I have read them since, and I did change my mind on the first and the other one is a favourite of mine.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
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."
3 comments:
Ahhh!!!! Good response! A Tale of Two Cities and The Great Gatsby do have very memorable first lines!
Probably Gatsby was the 11th grade and Tale of Two Cities was the 12th.
literatehousewife, I admit that the first line of A Tale of Two Cities, probably is a the most famous of the two. I think it was the only thing that I liked about the book, the first time around.
smilingsal, you are correct! :D
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