First Lines of Famous Novels
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Here are some of the questions you may encounter in the quiz First Lines of Famous Novels.Which novel begins with the line "My father had a small state in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons."?
Which novel begins with the line "There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."?
Which novel begins with the line "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day."?
Which novel begins with the line "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."?
Which novel begins with the line "On the 24th of February, 1815, the watch-tower of Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the arrival of the three-master Pharaon, from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples."?
Which novel begins with the line "'The Signora had no business to do it,' said Miss Bartlett, 'no business at all.'"?
Which novel begins with the line "The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest."?
Which novel begins with the line "It was a pleasure to burn."?
Which novel begins with the line "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."?
Which novel begins with the line "Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton."?
