100 Of The Greatest Opening Sentences In The History Of Novels

100 Of The Greatest Opening Sentences In The History Of Novels

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

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"Of all the things that drive men to sea, the most common disaster, I've come to learn, is women."

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"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."

That last one, beautiful and pithy though it may be, really should be disqualified. It's only one sentence because Dickens cheated on the punctuation.

But the man surely could write some purty words.