Opening Lines: A Congeries of Reflections

[jbor at bigpond.com]

'Opening Lines: A Congeries of Reflections'
_American Book Review_ 27.2, Jan/Feb 2006, pp. 6-9.

Abstract: The article presents reflections about the first lines from 
several novels. The novels include _Pride and Prejudice_, _If on a 
Winter's Night a Traveler_, _Putting First Things First_, _Mystery and 
Music_, _The Napoleon of Notting Hill_, _The Wings of the Dove_ and 
_One Hundred Years of Solitude_.

Also, Michael Bérubé on _GR_, Trey Strecker on _Pale Fire_ and Lance 
Olsen on _Lolita_.

Pdf available.

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