tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post8028890369835513420..comments2023-04-20T18:24:37.591+01:00Comments on Carol's Corner: Openings to Stories...Carolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-89961014352899163412014-11-23T20:18:40.869+00:002014-11-23T20:18:40.869+00:00Strangely enough, Suzanne, when I opened the discu...Strangely enough, Suzanne, when I opened the discussion I said that of course we all know the opening ' It is a truth universally..." etc, and one voice piped up to say they didn't know it, but they were from eastern Europe, so perhaps Jane Austen never spread that far.Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-31987384010758541152014-11-23T20:14:35.418+00:002014-11-23T20:14:35.418+00:00Those are good examples, Patsy. :D
And who could r...Those are good examples, Patsy. :D<br />And who could resist reading on when they've been told the clock has just struck 13 instead of 12.Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-87937813426097954452014-11-21T23:57:39.881+00:002014-11-21T23:57:39.881+00:00I was going to say 1984, too (snap, Patsy :0). Tho...I was going to say 1984, too (snap, Patsy :0). Though I hated the actual book, that first sentence really grabs attention.<br /><br />The other one that had a huge impact on me was: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” I suspect I'm not alone with that one, either.Suzanne Ross Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561888635304578484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-86967799872771278262014-11-20T18:23:59.715+00:002014-11-20T18:23:59.715+00:00Ii'm sure it's cheating to say 'Above ...Ii'm sure it's cheating to say 'Above her, a seagull screamed', but in my naturally biased opinion it does set the scene for Paint Me a Picture. <br /><br />'The Clock struck 13' from 1984 is a good one (I hope I've remembered it correctly) It gives a hefty clue that things in the story will differ from the world we know and the choice of 13 instead of any of the otherPatsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.com