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Can you recognize these famous first sentences from some of the most celebrated works of classic literature?0 takes

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01"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
02"Call me Ishmael."
03"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
04"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
05"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
06"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since."
07"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."
08"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
09"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."
10"All this happened, more or less."
11"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins."
12"The mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home."