100 best first lines from novels

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February 03, 2006 12:00 am  •  American Book Review

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Attention grabbers: ISU-based journal lists top novel opening lines

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Following is a list of the 100 best first lines from novels, as decided by the American Book Review, a nonprofit journal published at the Unit for Contemporary Literature at Illinois State University: Read on here...,