What are the best first lines in fiction?

今天读到的这篇“the first lines in fiction”,  好感动。10几岁20几岁看了好多欧美文学，现在难得读小说，最接近的也就是回忆录，心境已过。难怪说”有花堪折直须折”。

 

现在对这些小说里面的很多理解跟多年前已经有了微妙的不同。可相同的还是那份欣喜和感动。想起了大学时从学校租书的地方租了“荆棘鸟”，为了省钱，再加上情节好看，废寝忘食，2-3天就看完了。从租书店看了好多书。

 

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" --A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

 

"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

 

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." -- Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy

 

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"  -- Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier

 

"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day"  -- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte

 

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191022-what-are-the-best-first-lines-in-fiction

 

P.S.

比如说“蝴蝶梦”(英文名Rebecca)。十几岁读的原著，20几岁看的电影，一直以为从未露脸的女主角是反派。
现在的年龄才明白，不是这样的。全书塑造了一个不仅有超前女权意识，个性复杂，堪破生死的强者。