Can you name the My Favorite Novels by Their Opening Line?

created by FreudianPDX
  • Enter a Novel (last names acceptable) in the box below
  • Correctly named Novels will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • This quiz has not been verified by Sporcle
PLAY GAME
10:00
Show Missed Answers  
Opening LineNovelAuthor
The North Carolina Mutual LIfe Insurance agent promised to fly from Mercy to the other side of Lake Superior at three o' clock.
In 1815 Monsieur Charles -Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne.
The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there.'
I went back to the Devon school not long ago, and found it looking oddly newer than when I was a student there fifteen years before.
A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.
Hazel Motes sat at a forward angle on the green plush train seat, looking one minute at the window as if he might want to jump out of it, and the next down the aisle at the other e
A dog - it was a dog I saw for certain.
I stand at the window of this great house in the south of France as night falls, the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life.
People are afraid to merge on freeways in Los Angeles.
The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.
You might also like these games:
Harry Potter Top 200Harry Potter Name ChainHarry Potter Minefield
There are 5 comments for this game.
(Warning: comments may contain spoilers)

My Favorite Novels by Their Opening Line Quiz

  1. by FreudianPDX
  • Created Oct 25, 2009 in Literature
  • Game Plays 115

Friend Scores and Standings

Loading friend results....