1 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,....
2 It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him. Yossarian was in the hospital with a pain in his liver that fell just short of being jaundice.
3 At the beginning of July, during a spell of exceptionally hot weather, towards evening, a certain young man came down on to the street from the little room he rented from some tenants in S--- Lane and slowly, almost hesitantly, set off towards K---n Bridge.
4 Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number
5 It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
6 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
7 Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery.
8 Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
9 Mr. Sniggs, the Junior Dean, and Mr. Postlethwaite, the Domestic Bursar, sat alone in Mr. Snigg's room, overlooking the garden quad at
10 It ws one of the mixed blocks, over on
Four point five.
ReplyDeleteA tale of two cities by Charles Dickens.
Harry Potter, JK Rowling.
Catch 22, Errr..... Heller something
1984. George Orwell
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. Douglas Adams.
Adding Da vinci Code and Dan Brown, for a total for me of 4.
ReplyDeleteLove literary quizzes! Didn't get the Raymond Chandler or the Heller. Got the others! I need a g & t...
ReplyDeleteWell done, Bag, JMB and Welshcakes. G&T, eh? I went for a whisky but got sidetracked and had a Baileys instead. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI managed six of the ten. Must do better...
ReplyDeleteShow-off, Mr E!
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