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)
Thanks for sharing, Gina! I’m currently reading through A Christmas Carol, considering whether to add a chronolist of closing lines 🙂
Oh, I hope you will! That would be great!
It’s so neat to see them all listed like that!
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
Splendid! I’ll post about it tonight. Thanks for doing that, and for letting me know!
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