What book is this line from? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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"It was a pleasure to burn."

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Spot on! 🥳

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Right on! 👊

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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

Caring Friends Hugging Nurturing siblings sisters

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Fantastic! 🥳

Nope, sorry. 😢

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"Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes."

Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

Superb!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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"Tomorrow I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Persuasion by Jane Austen

That's great!

That was incorrect.

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"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Terrific! 🥳

Not quite right. 😢

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"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Woohoo! 🥳

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"All this happened, more or less."

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
1984 by George Orwell
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Outstanding!

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"3 May. Bistritz. Left Munich at 8:35 P.M, on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late."

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Spot on! 🥳

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

1984 by George Orwell
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Dracula by Bram Stoker

You're doing great!

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"You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise, which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Cool! 👍

That was incorrect.

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"A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?"

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Terrific! 🥳

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Excellent!

That was incorrect.

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"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Brilliant! 👍

Doh! 🤬

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"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

That's great!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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"Call me Ishmael."

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Brilliant! 👍

Not quite.

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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Outstanding!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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"Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark. For the straightforward pathway had been lost."

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dante's Inferno

You've got it! 🥳

Doh! 🤬

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"You better not never tell nobody but God."

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

You're doing great!

Not quite.

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"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Magnificent!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

That's the way!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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What book is this line from? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

"It was a pleasure to burn."

"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

"Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes."

"Tomorrow I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."

"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."

"All this happened, more or less."

"3 May. Bistritz. Left Munich at 8:35 P.M, on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late."

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

"You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise, which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."

"A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?"

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."

"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

"Call me Ishmael."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

"Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark. For the straightforward pathway had been lost."

"You better not never tell nobody but God."

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

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