Jan 3 2024 - First Chapter, First Page, First Line
New Year, New Month, New Day, New Beginning. It makes me think of first chapter, first page, first line of a novel.
Are there first chapter first pages that are famous? Besides "It was a dark and stormy night." What about the most famous opening lines of novels? Can a few lines be so compelling. Let's look at some from the Penguin UK list:
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect." - from Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 1915.
"124 was spiteful. Full of Baby's venom." - from Beloved by Toni Morrison 1987
"'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." - from The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1992)
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
What do you think? I say "Yes, a compelling set of of first sentences."
Here's the site if you want to read the summaries. HERE.
Here's another version of the Petrea - with the watercolour software Wsaterlogue Pro and paint platters using photoshop paint splatter brushes by French Kiss. So cheerful on a Dull January morning.
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