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February 2, 2006
Which of these have you read? Which did you enjoy?
100 best first lines from novels
Posted by alicia at February 2, 2006 3:03 PM
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I love this list - I totally agree with #1 (which I've read) but my favorite is #6, which I've also read.
Posted by: Mimi at February 2, 2006 5:33 PM
Here's one they missed....
"Spring in the Carla Valley was a matter of opinion." - Lloyd Alexander, "The Kestrel"
Posted by: Donna Marie Lewis at February 2, 2006 11:49 PM
Unbelievable! They missed "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." Mind you, that wasn't great literature when compared with The Lord of the Rings.
Posted by: Dennis at February 3, 2006 3:27 AM
I've read several of these books. One, Middlesex, which I haven't read is quote on my calendar for this month. I thought that an odd coincidence. Hated Old Man and the Sea.
Posted by: :o) at February 3, 2006 9:37 PM
I have read 16 of them and parts or most of 4 more. But I don't think they are the 100 best novels...or even the hundred best first lines.
Posted by: Susan Peterson at February 6, 2006 3:47 AM