Best First Lines
- Beschreibung
- Novels that have excellent or memorable first lines. Started from American Book Review's 100 Best First Lines from Novels (http://americanbookreview.org/100bestlines.asp)
1
von J. R. R. Tolkien
94,315 Mitglieder
1,189 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 3
Bewertung 13.63
Hinzugefügt 2022-06-17, 01:24 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- hipdeep: In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
2
von Dodie Smith
9,200 Mitglieder
294 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 4
Bewertung 11.75
Hinzugefügt 2022-06-15, 01:45 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- aethercowboy: I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.
3
von C. S. Lewis
25,375 Mitglieder
257 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 2
Bewertung 14.23
Hinzugefügt 2022-06-15, 01:25 PM
- 6 Members
- Aquila, hipdeep, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- aethercowboy: There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it
4
von Jane Austen
80,589 Mitglieder
1,368 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Globaler Rang 1
Bewertung 16.02
Hinzugefügt 2022-06-15, 12:07 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- aethercowboy: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
5
von William Goldman
24,823 Mitglieder
530 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 8
Bewertung 9.16
Hinzugefügt 2022-06-17, 01:22 PM
6
von Charles Dickens
24,663 Mitglieder
525 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 9
Bewertung 8.87
Hinzugefügt 2022-06-17, 01:21 PM
7
von Charles Dickens
36,630 Mitglieder
456 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 6
Bewertung 10.98
Hinzugefügt 2022-06-15, 12:10 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, hipdeep, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963
- Erklärungen
- aethercowboy: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
8
von Ray Bradbury
53,883 Mitglieder
997 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 7
Bewertung 10.35
Hinzugefügt 2022-06-15, 01:28 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- aethercowboy: It was a pleasure to burn.