FAMOUS FIRST LINES |
1. | All children except one grow up. |
| Peter Pan |
2. | The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail. |
| Jaws |
3. | Marley was dead to begin with |
| A Christmas Carol |
4. | Last night I dreamed I went to Mandalay again. |
| Rebecca |
5. | Call me Ishmael |
| Moby Dick |
6. | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. |
| A Tale of Two Cities |
7. | If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane, all you have to do is ask the policeman at the cross roads |
| Mary Poppins |
8. | Mr and Mrs Dursley of number four, privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
9. | When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning or in rain |
| Macbeth |
10. | Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realised it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were |
| Gone with the wind |