The very first sentences

of "The Queen and I" by Sue Townsend

"1- Uneasy lies the Head

  The Queen was in bed watching television with Harris. It was election night, 11.20 p.m, Thursday 9 April 1992."

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December

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Lille

The very first sentence

of "How we are" by Vincent Deary

"Introduction

 We live in small worlds. At the beginning of most movies we are shown a status quo, more fully a status quo ante bellum, the state of things before the war."

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December

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Having a drink and a nice friendly talk, Vieux-Lyon

The very first sentence

of " That Old Ace in the Hole" by Annie Proulx

"Global Pork Rind

  In late March, Bob Dollar, a young, curly-headed man of twenty-five with the broad face of a cat, pale innocent eyes fringed with sooty lashes, drove east along Texas State Highway."

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December

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Musicians at a wedding, Paris 14th arrondissement

The very first sentence

of "The bell jar" by Sylvia Plath

"Chapter one

 It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing." 

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December

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