Opening Lines
Can you name all these famous novels from their opening lines?
Can you name all these famous novels from their opening lines?
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The mythical beasts were often cast as agents of the devil or demons in disguise
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In the frigid Baltic Sea, archaeologists probing the surprisingly well-preserved remains of a revolutionary warship are seeing the era in a new way
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A British aristocrat looking for the Ark of the Covenant launched history's most peculiar archaeological dig—and set off a crisis in the Middle East
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Critics of the planned high-speed railroad point to its potential damage to archaeological sites and the environment
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Researchers discovered the remains of a mid-19th century house, a centuries-old Chinese coin and other traces of the short-lived town of Terrace