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Famous Novels With the Catchiest First Lines - Page 2

"The opening lines of a novel can prove crucial, and many authors spend an inordinate amount of time considering how their books will begin. From Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities to Melville's Moby Dick, often the opening sentence or two of a book will become the most frequently quoted and iconic passage from the entire novel. This list has the best novels with great first lines, bound to make the best impression on readers."
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The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
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I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill (G.K. Chesterton)
The Napoleon of Notting Hill (G.K. Chesterton)
44
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
45
City of Glass (Cassandra Clare)
City of Glass (Cassandra Clare)
46
Tracks (Louise Erdrich)
Tracks (Louise Erdrich)
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
48
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
49
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
50
Changing Places (David Lodge)
Changing Places (David Lodge)
51
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
52
Waiting (Ha Jin)
Waiting (Ha Jin)
53
Paul Clifford (Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
Paul Clifford (Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
54
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
55
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
56
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
57
The Razor's Edge (Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge (Somerset Maugham)
58
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
59
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
60
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
61
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
62
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
63
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
64
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
65
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
66
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
67
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
68
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
69
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
70
Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
71
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
72
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
73
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
74
Intruder in the Dust (William Faulkner)
Intruder in the Dust (William Faulkner)
75
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
76
Blown Away (Franklin W. Dixon)
Blown Away (Franklin W. Dixon)
77
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
78
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
79
The Dick Gibson Show (Stanley Elkin)
The Dick Gibson Show (Stanley Elkin)
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Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
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