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Eric · 06-05-2012, 16:34

Is this limited to prose fiction? There are some great opening lines to poems and plays; one I find hard to resist: "An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king." Shelley, "England in 1819".

06-05-2012, 16:34	#22
Eric God Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Posts: 9,290 Liked: 2347 times Rep Power: 58528	Re: Bookworms:What are the best first lines you've read? Is this limited to prose fiction? There are some great opening lines to poems and plays; one I find hard to resist: "An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king." Shelley, "England in 1819".