How well do you know the opening sentences of classic novels and the latest bestsellers? Test yourself below!
QUIZ: Guess the book these great opening sentences came from!
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Everyone knows the famous opening line of Leo Tolstoy’s epic tragedy Anna Karenina, and for good reason. It’s one of the best that’s ever been written.
A great first sentence in a book is like magic – if you can hook a reader in from the very first line, you might just make them a booklover for life.
So today we’re putting you to the test with some classic novels and contemporary bestsellers – see if you can match these killer first sentences with the books they came from!
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Olivia Fricot
Olivia Fricot (she/her) is Booktopia's Senior Content Producer and editor of the Booktopian blog. She has too many plants and not enough bookshelves, and you can usually find her reading, baking, or talking to said plants. She is pro-Oxford comma.
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