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Guess that book quote
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Opening line: "--------- was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. "
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"Marley was dead, to begin with. "
A Christmas Carol
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Yup! Your turn.
When a fresh-faced guy in a Chevy offered him a lift, ______ told him to go to hell.
(1962, first book in a popular series.)
(1962, first book in a popular series.)
More hints: It inspired three movies and a graphic novel.
EDIT: And it is an opening line. (I thought that was required until I reread the first post.) So my signature itself is from a reasonably well-known book that inspired a movie. It is not a first line.
EDIT: And it is an opening line. (I thought that was required until I reread the first post.) So my signature itself is from a reasonably well-known book that inspired a movie. It is not a first line.
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Another hint.
The best movie adaptation starred Lee Marvin.
The best movie adaptation starred Lee Marvin.
Yikes! Over a day and not a single guess. I thought the hints would give it away to *somebody*.
This should help. The full first line quote is:
This should help. The full first line quote is:
When a fresh-faced guy in a Chevy offered him a lift, Parker told him to go to hell.
Looks like I single handedly killed this thread!
Here is the answer:
Someone else can take it from here!
Here is the answer:
Someone else can take it from here!
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"Call me Ishmael."
Quite possibly the most iconic opening of a book in the English language! It's Moby Dick, or The Whale. Couldn't stand it in high school, but always thought I should give it another try. (The endless descriptions of the whale really tested my adolescent patience.
)Here's one:
"Tell me, Muse of the man of many ways, who was driven
far journeys, after he had sacked Troy's sacred citadel."
The Odyssey
I'll try to come up with something more well-known than my last one!
I'll try to come up with something more well-known than my last one!
Not a first line, but first page:
Then was the king wonderly wroth. And then the king sent him plain word again, and bade him be ready and stuff him and garnish him, for within forty days he would fetch him out of the biggest castle that he hath.
OK, here's the first line:
It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time.
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The Once and Future King ?
You're on the right track, but think about 500 years earlier! (The spelling in the quote has been modernized and regularized.)
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Then I would have to guess Chretien de Troyes or Geoffrey of Monmouth. I think Geoffrey wrote more about Arthur himself, while Chretien wrote about those around Arthur. I'd go with Geoffrey, but don't have a title.
A bit newer than that. And more well-known.
