10 Best Opening  Lines  of  Famous Books 

 10 Best Opening  Lines  of  Famous Books 

It is a truth universally acknowledge, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

Mr and Mrs Dursley of number four, Private Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

IN A HOLE in the ground there lived a hobbit.

It was a pleasure to burn.

Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.

Call me Ishmael.

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

The boy name was Santiago.

Read 30  Best  Opening Lines of Famous Books

Read 30  Best  Opening Lines of Famous Books