Best First Lines
- Description
- 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
15,954 membres
385 critiques
4
Rang global 20
Score 5.76
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 05:58 PM
2
de Jane Austen
80,587 membres
1,368 critiques
½ 4.4
Rang global 1
Score 16.02
Ajouté 2022-06-15, 12:07 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- aethercowboy: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
3
94,313 membres
1,189 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 3
Score 13.63
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 01:24 PM
4
20,711 membres
611 critiques
4.2
Rang global 12
Score 7.65
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 01:21 PM
5
26,427 membres
399 critiques
4
Rang global 45
Score 4.32
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 11:01 PM
6
de C. S. Lewis
25,375 membres
257 critiques
4
Rang global 2
Score 14.23
Ajouté 2022-06-15, 01:25 PM
- 6 Members
- Aquila, hipdeep, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- aethercowboy: There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it
7
de Martha Wells
5,488 membres
343 critiques
4.1
Rang global 77
Score 2.46
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 10:54 PM
8
de Tamsyn Muir
4,456 membres
180 critiques
4.1
Rang global 78
Score 2.38
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 06:08 PM
9
129 membres
4 critiques
3.9
Rang global 79
Score 2.31
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 11:21 PM
10
de Nghi Vo
804 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 80
Score 2.25
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 11:25 PM
11
1,874 membres
43 critiques
3.9
Rang global 82
Score 2.2
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 10:50 PM
12
10,694 membres
268 critiques
4.1
Rang global 83
Score 2.15
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 05:59 PM
13
81,917 membres
1,270 critiques
4.2
Rang global 5
Score 11.2
Ajouté 2022-06-15, 12:10 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, hipdeep, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- aethercowboy: It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
14
2,519 membres
45 critiques
3.9
Rang global 84
Score 2.07
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 07:40 PM
15
4,882 membres
121 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 85
Score 2.03
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 10:59 PM
16
24,823 membres
530 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 8
Score 9.16
Ajouté 2022-06-17, 01:22 PM
17
de Leo Tolstoy
38,449 membres
627 critiques
4.1
Rang global 15
Score 6.21
Ajouté 2022-06-15, 12:09 PM
- 3 Members
- Aquila, hipdeep, aethercowboy
- Explications
- aethercowboy: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
18
36,629 membres
456 critiques
3.9
Rang global 6
Score 10.98
Ajouté 2022-06-15, 12:10 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, hipdeep, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963
- Explications
- 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.
19
de Dodie Smith
9,201 membres
294 critiques
4.1
Rang global 4
Score 11.75
Ajouté 2022-06-15, 01:45 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, merrystar, aethercowboy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- aethercowboy: I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.
20
9,494 membres
214 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 31
Score 5.21
Ajouté 2022-06-15, 01:24 PM
- 3 Members
- Aquila, aethercowboy, ahef1963
- Explications
- aethercowboy: I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.