BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat other great opening lines do you know?.imagemessage-square247linkfedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1imageWhat other great opening lines do you know?.BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square247linkfedilink
minus-squarenightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·3 days ago 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 by Jane Austen
minus-squarerizzothesmall@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoI also really like the Bridget Jones’ Diary homage to this by Helen Fielding It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI don’t care about the book, it’s contents nor its attitude, but in terms of summing up the tone of a book, it does a hell of a good job.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I also really like the Bridget Jones’ Diary homage to this by Helen Fielding
I don’t care about the book, it’s contents nor its attitude, but in terms of summing up the tone of a book, it does a hell of a good job.