Famous Books and Novels - Opening Lines
Famous Books and Novels - Opening Lines
Book Name Opening Lines
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank
Black Beauty The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.
Children of the New Forest The circumstances which I am about to relate to my juvenile readers took place in the year 1647.
Christmas Carol Marley was dead to begin with.
Gulliver's Travels My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire, I was the third of five sons.
Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number 4, Privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal.
The Hobbit In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit.
James and the Giant Peach Until he was four years old, James Henry Trotter had a happy life.
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.
Little Women 'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents', grumbled Joe lying on the rug.
Mary Poppins If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane, all you have to do is ask a policeman at the crossraods.
Peter Pan All children, except one, grow up.
Rebecca Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
Secret Garden When Mary Lennox was sent to Mistlethwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable looking child ever seen.
Pride and Prejudice It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Water Babies Once upon a time, there was a little chimney sweep and his name was Tom.
White Fang Dark Spruce Forest frowned on either side of the frozen waterway.
Wind in the Willows The mole had been working hard all the morning spring cleaning his little home.
Wonderful Wizard of Oz Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.