A list of some of the first sentences in our favorite books! Please enjoy!
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife." -Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
"I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one." -Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
"In 1815 Monsieur Charles-Frnacois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne." -Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo
"Who is John Galt?" -Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
"If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book." -The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket
"Long ago, on the wild and windy isle of Berk, a smallish Viking with a longish name stood up to his ankles in snow." -How to Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell
"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." -Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling
"In a city called Stonetown, near a port called Stonetown Harbor, a boy named Reynie Muldoon was preparing to take an important test." -The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
"The Opera ghost really existed." -The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." -The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton." -The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife." -Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
"I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one." -Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
"In 1815 Monsieur Charles-Frnacois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne." -Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo
"Who is John Galt?" -Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
"If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book." -The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket
"Long ago, on the wild and windy isle of Berk, a smallish Viking with a longish name stood up to his ankles in snow." -How to Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell
"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." -Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling
"In a city called Stonetown, near a port called Stonetown Harbor, a boy named Reynie Muldoon was preparing to take an important test." -The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
"The Opera ghost really existed." -The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." -The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton." -The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien
I love the Hobbit's opening line. :0)
ReplyDeleteOh! Have you read Les Miserables? I did a pole on my blog asking if anyone liked it and I if I should read it. I would love it if you might go there and vote.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I found your blog at Sarah Faulkner's blog Inklings. :)
My favorite one there is the How to Train your Dragon one. :)
ReplyDeletep.s. this is Rosey