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3. A screaming comes across the sky. —Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow (1973) Part of my 100 Best First Lines from Novels project. First lines are powerful. It’s the…
2. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. —Jane Austen, Pride and…
1. Call me Ishmael. —Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851) Part of my 100 Best First Lines from Novels project. First lines are powerful. It’s the author’s best chance to…