"What's your favorite first line?" asks Frank, here, at BOOKS, INQ., as does Guy, here, at TheBlogBooks.
For me, it was a toss-up ..... Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche - "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." ..... and Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities - "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."
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I dunno. It's sort of hard to beat the one that starts, "In the beginning, God..."
Eric, thanks for stopping in. I guess, if you want a good beginning, it's hard to beat THE beginning.
I, too, am a fan of that Sabatini line, Jeff, and a fan of the novel. The Stewart Granger movie isn't bad, either.
Frank, thank you for stopping in, sir. Stewart Granger did bring a certain panache to just about all his roles ..... I especially liked him as 'The Prisoner of Zenda.'
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