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1. This is a coming-of-age novel where the narrator writes about his adventures. Which book supplies the following first line?
"Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about [...], from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace ..." (Note: edited to remove the title)
2. What is the name of this cult book which starts off with a broad Scots accent?
"The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling. Ah wis jist sitting thair, focusing oan the telly, tryin no tae notice ...."
3. The English author's Catholicism and one of his own extra-marital affairs contribute to the make-up of this book from 1951. Which book starts with the following line?
"A story has no beginning or end; arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead."
4. Which children's novel starts with the following line?
"All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this."
5. "Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
So starts the coming-of-age of adventures of a young boy. Which fantasy book starts with this line?
6. This book is one of a series of children's fantasy novels that also appeals to Christian theologians. The first line runs:
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."
Which book is it?
7. "It was the day my grandmother exploded."
So begins this novel which is both a detective story and a personal journey. Which novel fits the description and supplies the quote?
8. This novel's first sentence comes from the first of a trilogy of children's adventure stories. What is the name of the series?
"Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening Hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen."
9. We turn to a wandering Victorian novel, subtitled "A Study in Provincial Life", which starts as follows:
"Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress."
Which of the following books starts this way?
10. This book was written as an allegory of the Stalinist Soviet Union. It starts off:
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
Which book is it?
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