Book Opening Lines Quiz (Round 1)

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From the author and opening line, can you name the book.

 

1) Jane Austen - “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
 

2) Iain Banks - "It was the day my grandmother exploded."
 

3) Charles Dickens - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,"
 

4) Charlotte Bronte - "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day."
 

5) George Orwell - "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
 

6) Herman Melville - “Call me Ishmael.”
 

7) F.Scott Fitzgerald - "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticising any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
 

8) J.M.Barrie - "All children, except one, grow up."
 

 

Answers

1) Jane Austen - “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
Pride and Prejudice

 

2) Iain Banks - "It was the day my grandmother exploded."
The Crow Road

 

3) Charles Dickens - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,"
A Tale of Two Cities

 

4) Charlotte Bronte - "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day."
Jane Eyre

 

5) George Orwell - "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
1984

 

6) Herman Melville - “Call me Ishmael.”
Moby Dick

 

7) F.Scott Fitzgerald - "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticising any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
The Great Gatsby

 

8) J.M.Barrie - "All children, except one, grow up."
Peter Pan