How well do you know your classic novels?

How quickly does a book attract or repel you?  For some people it’s the very first words on the page that count and many great books have extremely memorable opening lines.  How well do you know them?

Take our quick quiz to see how many novels you can identify from their opening lines. 

Match up the opening line with the classic novel
1	Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know	A	The Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
2	Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way	B	Love in the time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3	In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since	C	Watership Down, Richard Adams
4	It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.	D	The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
5	It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity	E	The Stranger, Albert Camus
6	It was love at first sight	F	Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
7	Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug	G	Catch 22, Joseph Heller
8	The primroses were over	H	Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

Good luck - answers will be posted in a week!