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What other great opening lines do you know?. (lemmy.world)
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[-] svcg 22 points 1 week ago

Can't believe no one has yet proferred the classic:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why'd you stop halfway through?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

[-] svcg 1 points 1 week ago

Why’d you stop halfway through?

Poor googling.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 10 points 1 week ago

Is this sarcasm? I think if it stopped at the first dichotomy, or the second it would be fine. But it goes on for fucking ever.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Kinda the point. It's supposed to drill into your head how everything in that period was taken to the extremes by taking the prose itself to the extremes.

[-] svcg 6 points 1 week ago

Well I like it.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

I am happy for you in that, a little surprised. But good for you!

[-] TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago

If that wore you out, probably should stay away from Dickens.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

Oh yes. I hate Dickens. Absolutely can't stand him.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

not all prose has to be prosaic

[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Pretty good book that doesn't feel imo as old as it is

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