A truth universally acknowledged

Can you name the books which start with these famous first lines?

 

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

or this one?

           It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,

Easy so far?

          "Call me Ishamael"

Or.....

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

 

Or this?

           "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since"

Try....

           "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"

Another.....

           "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember..."

or this

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

 

another easy one?

            Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

last one....

             All children, except one, grow up

 

If you know all these famous first lines without consulting google, you are a star!!!! Come into Ivanhoe branch and swear on a stack of Jeffrey Archer novels that you didn't cheat and we'll give you a MarsBar!!!


 

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