The First (and Last) Lines of Iconic Books, and What They Reveal

The First (and Last) Lines of Iconic Books, and What They Reveal: Great writers from Jane Austen to George Orwell have produced some of the most beloved novels of our time. Though new favorite novels continue to emerge, it’s these older classics that we return to and those that provide some of the most quotable lines of literary history. From the very first words to the last line of the last page, books written by classic authors craft sentences so compelling, it’s hard to put them down