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Write the first line of a book:

I start with:
'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.'

Any guesses?

Pride and Prejudice

I agree with Sandra!!

Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone.

Is it Their Eyes Were Watching God?

Nice games GB👍

_______was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.

Beatrice wrote: "Is it Their Eyes Were Watching God?"

Yes.

Alexis wrote: "Nice games GB👍

_______was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were."

It is Gone with the Wind, isn't it?

“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.”

Grasshopper wrote: "“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.”"

One Hundred Years of Solitude?

"In [year], when [name] was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him."

Eugene wrote: "Grasshopper wrote: "“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.”"

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Eugene wrote: ""In [year], when [name] was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.""

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD?

"This is what I want you to solve, Nancy. I call it my monkey mystery."

Julian wrote: ""This is what I want you to solve, Nancy. I call it my monkey mystery.""

Any guesses?

Nancy Drew?

Catherine wrote: "Nancy Drew?"

Correct! But which one, you got to be more specific than that! There are at least 41 books to guess from...

Had to look it up:
The Clue in the Crossword Cipher

Sandra wrote: "Had to look it up:
The Clue in the Crossword Cipher"

Bravo!

Here is list of favourite lines from Children's books.
https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/...

Grasshopper wrote: "Eugene wrote: ""In [year], when [name] was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.""

THE BEAUTIFUL ..."

Yep.

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"One thing was certain, that the white kitten had nothing to do with it—it was the black kitten’s fault entirely."

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

3 May. Bistritz. — Left Munich at 8.35 p.m. on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6.46, but train was an hour late.

Dracula

When he finished packing, he walked out on to the third-floor porch of the barracks brushing the dust from his hands, a very neat and deceptively slim young man in the summer khakis that were still early morning fresh.

From Here to Eternity

But in the end I managed it, and the instant I saw her again, at that recovery centre in Dover, all our differences—while they didn't exactly vanish—seemed not nearly as important as all the other things: like the fact that we'd grown up together at Hailsham, the fact that we knew and remembered things no one else did.

Never Let Me Go

It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days.

The Remains of the Day

Charles Dickens:
It was the best of Times, it was the worst of Times. It was the age of knowledge, it was the age of foolishness...

I will be her witness.

Catherine wrote: "I start with:
'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.'

Any guesses?"

Jane Austen

Eugene wrote: "I will be her witness."

That's really tough Eugene. Some clues please...

History repeats itself, the first time as the original and the second time as a caricature of the first time.

Sandra wrote: "Eugene wrote: "I will be her witness."

That's really tough Eugene. Some clues please..."

Here is the next sentence.

That would translate seré su testigo, and will not appear in your travelers’ phrasebook because it is not a useful phrase for the prudent traveler.

Ruby wrote: "History repeats itself, the first time as the original and the second time as a caricature of the first time."

Is it The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx?

Eugene wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Eugene wrote: "I will be her witness."

That's really tough Eugene. Some clues please..."

Here is the next sentence.

That would translate seré su testigo, and will not appear in yo..."

Thanks. I am guessing it is A Book of Common Prayer

Thanks. I am guessing it is A Book of Common Prayer

Yes.