I have to disagree with their ordering. Lolita should be in first
place, not fifth. It's not only the best first line, but the best
first page from any novel ever written in English, IMHO. The most
amazing thing about it --- and about the whole novel --- is that it
was written *in English* by someone whose native language was *not
English.* Nabokov's unique linguistic genius is a thing of timeless
beauty...
jb
On Feb 2, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Thaths wrote:
On 2/1/06, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Heh. I agree with maybe one or two of this list. What are your
favourite first lines?
http://www.litline.org/ABR/100bestfirstlines.html
What? No openeing line from _Midnight's Children_?
Thaths
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