| Details | | Publication Date: | 1995-07-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 10.5 in | | Width: | 7.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 60.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
To aid you in the difficult, dare one suggest pointless, task of recalling opening lines from novels comes a book that devotes more pages to its index than to its contents. An odd sort of Bartlett's, though strangely appealing, this source provides the opening lines of over 11,000 English-language literary works, exclusive of short stories. The entries are numbered, arranged in chronological order featuring the title, author, and date, and classified under one of over 300 categories. These range from "ability" ("Father Gunn knew that their housekeeper Mrs. Kennedy could have done it all much better than he would do it" Maeve Binchy's The Copper Beech, 1992) to "teatime" ("It was a Sunday evening in October, and in common with many other young ladies of her class, Katharine Hilbery was pouring out tea" Virginia Woolf's Night and Day, 1919) to "youth" ("How stupid the young are" Joan Brady's Theory of War, 1993). The entries are referenced in a massive, 500-plus-page index covering subject, keyword key phrase, and author title. Novel Openers could be used in reader advisory programs or in research, and to wile away a few spare hours. At this price, however, it is recommended only for libraries that perceive a need. Neal Wyatt, formerly with Mary Washington Coll. Lib., Fredericksburg, Va.
Breitman
Categorically arranged from Ability to Youth , 11,004 opening lines from English-language works of fiction are given in this reference. Most are novels, though a number of novellas, novelettes, and other related forms excepting short stories are included. The primary focus is on works that are essentially literary, with a limited number of especially significant genre fiction titles also provided. Each entry includes the opening line, title of the work, author, and year published. Author and title, and subject (including keyword-in-context and all names, places, and years) indexes provide multiple means of access. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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