The very first sentence
of "Everything That Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor

"Her doctor had told Julian's mother that she must loose twenty pounds on account of her blood pressure, so on Wednesday nights Julian had to take her downtown on the bus for a reducing class at the Y."


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August

People from here and there

Market. Sanary, Var

The very first sentence
of "Rope" by Katherine Anne Porter

"On the third day after they moved to the country he came walking back from the village carrying a basket of groceries and a twenty-four-yard coil of rope."


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August

The very first sentence
of "The house of clouds" by Antonia White

" The night before, Helen had tried to drown herself. She did not know why, for she had been perfectly happy."


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August

People from here and there

Kerala, India

The very first sentence
of " The lottery" by Marjorie Barnard

"The first that Ted Bilborough knew of his wife's good fortune was when one of his friends , an elderly wag, shook his hand with mock gravity and murmured a few words of manly but inappropriate sympathy."


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August

People from here and there

Kerala, India

The very first sentence
of "The English. A portrait of a people" by Jeremy Paxman

"Being English used to be easy. They were one of the most easily identified peoples on earth, recognized by their language, their manners, their clothes and the fact that they drank tea by the bucketload."

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August

People from here and there

 On the beach. Normandy