Blogger Brett Janes has posted a list of opening sentences from all of Dickens's novels and novellas, for the excellent reason that no one else had done it yet. And then he set up a poll! Go here to vote for your favorite.
(H/T The Buzfuz)
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Thanks for sharing, Gina! I'm currently reading through A Christmas Carol, considering whether to add a chronolist of closing lines :)
Posted by: Brett Janes | March 31, 2014 at 04:26 AM
Oh, I hope you will! That would be great!
Posted by: Gina | March 31, 2014 at 11:38 AM
It's so neat to see them all listed like that!
Posted by: Selenia | March 31, 2014 at 10:11 PM
Hi again!
Just wanted to let you know that I finally got round to the list of Dickens' last sentences. Here's the link if you wanted to look or share with your readers:
http://brettjanes.com/charles-dickens-last-sentences/
Get in touch if you want me to add or change anything to improve it.
Thanks,
Brett
Posted by: Brett Janes | June 08, 2014 at 07:10 AM
Splendid! I'll post about it tonight. Thanks for doing that, and for letting me know!
Posted by: Gina | June 08, 2014 at 06:08 PM