The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #136957   Message #3130946
Posted By: Bill D
07-Apr-11 - 07:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Books - Best Opening Lines Ever
Subject: RE: BS: Books - Best Opening Lines Ever
"It was a dark and stormy night: the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."

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