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26 Great First Lines From Literature

Opening lines listed on the coffee mug titled, "The Greatest First Lines of Literature Ever," from the Unemployed Philosopher's Guild. (in alphabetical order)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
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Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Notes From the Underground
Notes From the Underground
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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The Plague
The Plague
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
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The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
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