Coleridge's Kubla Khan perhaps?
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Coleridge's Kubla Khan perhaps?
Harry Potter, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Arthur, Dorian Gray, Sherlock Holmes...
depends what your definition of "famous" is
what other book starts with as famous a line as "call me Ishmael"
what about the "protagonist" of ellison's "Invisible Man" who never has a name
Shakespeare.
Outside of America - lots.Quote:
Originally Posted by tscherff
In America, too. "They were the worst of Times, they were the best of time." Okay . . . maybe not lots, just that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
What about Elizabeth Bennet or Frankenstein?
Has anyone mentioned Faust?
there are many books about him from different authors and operas and all
sorry posted twice
Which book is this that starts withQuote:
Originally Posted by tscherff
''call me Ishmael''?
Moby Dick So it can't be that famous!!
Haha...I have never read it thank you Seasider:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Seasider
"In America, too. "They were the worst of Times, they were the best of time." Okay . . . maybe not lots, just that one."
What is that the first line of? (It looks like a misquotation from the English novel, "Tale of Two Cities" but is it also the start of an American novel?)
do you mean the same starting lines for two different novels?Quote:
Originally Posted by Whifflingpin
I think he had a small lapse and forgot that Dickens was not american.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whifflingpin