It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like...
They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did.
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
Call me Ishmael.
It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.
You better not never tell nobody but God.
Vaughan died yesterday in his last car-crash.
Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.
All children, except one, grow up.
Under certain circumstance there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.
Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure.
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