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'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.Louisa May Alcott
Little Women
We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
It was a pleasure to burn.Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
Mother died today.Albert Camus
The Stranger
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?'Lewis Caroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
It was five o'clock on a winter's morning in Syria.Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express
Linnet Ridgeway! "That's Her." said Mr. Burnaby, the landlord of the Three Crowns.Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile
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, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
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We're gonna need a bigger boat.Robert Shaw
[Brody] Jaws

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