Was it Love at First Line? Match the Opening Sentence to the Book by Carrie McBride, CommunicationsFebruary 13, 2020

First Line of Novel

Did your favorite  book have you at "hello"? A first sentence in a book can do many things: grab your attention, put you in a time and place, create a mood, introduce you to your protagonist and—most importantly of all—make you want to keep reading. If you #LoveReading, take a shot at our first lines quiz and see how well you do. Even if you do poorly, there may be an opening line that leads you to love…

(Can't see the quiz below? Check it out here.) 

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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Submitted by Bob Callahan (not verified) on February 15, 2020 - 1:39pm

None of the three. It was Washington Irving in his History of New York.

Not the only book that starts with that line

Submitted by Brian Martinez (not verified) on March 3, 2020 - 5:45pm

That is where it first appeared, but it is the first line in other books as well, including the correct answer in the quiz, and perhaps most (in)famously, in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel Paul Clifford.