November 03, 2024
Sherlock Holmes never says “Elementary, my dear Watson” in any of the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories. The line first appears in print, uttered by a totally different character, in a 1915 work by comic novelist P.G. Wodehouse.
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Famous Novels, First Lines Quiz
Can you identify these novels by their famous first lines?
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