During winter evenings, many of the editors and contributors are reading novels. From “Call me Ishmael” (Moby Dick) to Ray Bradbury’s Farenheit 451 to“It was a pleasure to Burn”, these are examples of famous first lines of books we have read or are reading.
To win this month’s spilled perfume you will need to match the CaFleureBon Contributors and Editors with their choice of the their favorite first lines, not the title of the book itself. (note: in some cases a truncated version of famous first lines of books appears, since many of the sentences were very long).
Sherri Sebastian, Contributor: “People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden”
Elise Pearlstine, Contributor: “Call me Ishmael”
Dalya Azaria, Contributor: “One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now…”
Despina Veneti, Senior Editor: “IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages…”
Sandi Lundberg, Associate Contributor: “Many years later as he faced the firing squad Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon…”
Elena Cvjetkovic, Editor: “I have promised to introduce you today to the fairy-land of science…”
Ida Meister, Sr. Editor: “The first time Aurelien saw Berenice, he found her downright ugly”.
Emmanuelle Varron, Contributor: Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp”
Hernando Courtright, Sr. Contributor: It could be said of Lockhart Flawse when he carried his bride, Jessica, née Sandicott,..”
Ermano Picco, Editor: On a recent Sunday, one of the hints in the New York Times crossword puzzle was “Acts like Delilah.”
Lauryn Beer, Sr. Editor: “A story has no beginning or end; arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.
Samantha Gough, Contributor: “We had been wandering for so long I forgot what it was like to live within walls or sleep through the night.”
Nicoleta Tomasa, Sr. Contributor “It was the fifteenth of June in 1767 when Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, my brother, sat among us for the last time”
Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief: “Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago..”
For our Famous First Lines of Books Draw
EU, US, UK: 50 ml of Ormonde Jayne Tsarina
US, EU, Canada, UK: Atelier des Ors Rouge Saray
USA, EU, UK Canada: Folie a Plusieurs For Electra by Mark Buxton
Worldwide: DSH Perfumes Aoud Blanc Shea butter cream (all natural)
USA: 100 ml bottle of Eau D’Italie Jasmine Leather
USA Only: Maison Berdoues Selva Do Brazil
USA , Eu and UK 100ml bottle of Essential Parfums Bois Impérial
USA Only: $50 Osswald Parfumerie NYC Gift Certificate
If a reader matches our answers to our picks for Famous First Lines of Books they automatically win three prizes they asked for (country restrictions) and if no one guesses correctly, the draw is TOTALLY random, which means YOU MAY NOT WIN WHAT YOU WROTE DOWN. Each entry must include the name of the editor or contributor and their famous first lines to be eligible and of course you must be a Registered CaFleureBon reader click here, and use your registered name. You can only enter once on the same IP. You can list as many as you want. What’s Your Famous First Lines of Books Share! Draw closes 1/15/2021
TO CLARIFY ANY CONFUSION… WHILE EACH FAMOUS FORST LINE CAN BE GOOGLED…TJAT IS NOT THE POINT OF THIS POST. MATCH EACH OF US TO OUR FAVORITE FIRST LINE… YOU DO NOT HAVE TO INCLUDE THE BOOK TITLE.
UPDATED 1:12 AM as there was an error. Please try again. Apologies for Not catching the error. All entries previous will still count but you are welcome to try again
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