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Monday, February 06, 2006

Monday, February 06, 2006 6:30 pm by Cristina   No comments
The American Book Review has just released the 100 best first lines from novels. Sadly, we have to report that not even one from a Brontë novel made it, which we find a bit puzzling. But funnily enough the opening line of Wide Sargasso Sea is on the list - though it only made it to number 99.

99. They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did. —Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)

Hmph! The Brontës deserved better.

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