Statistics for First Sentences of Literature

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1st sentence	Book	% Correct
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?'	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	93%
When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.	Lord of the Rings trilogy	89%
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.	The Bible	85%
Call me Ishmael.	Moby Dick	84%
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	82%
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.	Huckleberry Finn	78%
All children, except one, grow up.	Peter Pan	78%
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....	A Tale of Two Cities	73%
Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.	Gone With the Wind	71%
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.	Pride and Prejudice	70%
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.	The Old Man and the Sea	64%
When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.	To Kill a Mockingbird	60%
TOM!	Tom Sawyer	60%
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.	Animal Farm	57%
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.	1984	53%
Marley was dead, to begin with.	A Christmas Carol	53%
When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.	The Secret Garden	26%
"Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.	Charlotte's Web	25%
You better not never tell nobody but God.	The Color Purple	16%
In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing.	A River Runs Through It	14%
What's it going to be then, eh?	A Clockwork Orange	11%
When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.	The Hunger Games	7%