A few fun items for you today!
- The Best 100 Opening Lines From Books
- followed intuitively by The Best 100 Closing Lines From Books
(I am proud of Papa Hemingway for making several appearances!)
Do you think they chose well? I took issue with only one of the closing lines – the one about diarrhea didn’t strike me as especially profound or clever. It sounded like a middle or filler line to me. - and, 10 Real-Life Places That Inspired Literary Classics. This really got me excited, mostly about the farmhouse that supposedly inspired Wuthering Heights. I would love to see that! We have just nixed the idea of the UK as a travel option (vacation fast approaching here) in favor of another literary destination, the Florida Keys, for the Hemingway House (along with lots of other features, including Husband-friendly ones).
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I agree – the best opening lines and best closing lines are totally fun lists! I also like the 100 best lines from movies list! I guess I just like lists!
Although technically it is three lines, my favorite novel closing is from Vonnegut’s Bluebeard:
“Oh happy Meat. Oh happy Soul. Oh happy Rabo Karabekian.”
In the context of the book, it is perfect.
Yes rhapsody, I love lists too! Will keep ’em coming!!
Valerie, I haven’t read Bluebeard but it sounds very Vonnegut… I know what you mean. He’s a funny guy. So it goes.