I wrote in Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Part 3 – Some Great Opening Lines) that I’d share more great opening lines as I found them.
My last entry in this category was November 2024’s Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Nov 2024’s Great Opening Lines) which covered
- Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ Tarzan of the Apes
- Anne Cleves‘ White Nights
- Adilyn Andrews‘ The Shadows Prelude
This entry in the Great Opening Lines – And Why! posts is Kafkaish. I read The Complete Stories and Parables, and what I’d read about his work is true; either you accept his first line – which sometimes is amazing – or you don’t. If you don’t, read something else. If you do, you’re in. Here are some examples:
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