Great opening lines

[Louisa]

Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K.,for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.

The Trial by Franz Kafka

Will post some lines when I have more time

[Beowulf]

The Trial by Franz Kafka

Will post some lines when I have more time

you'll know this one then

One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.

had to read this one in school.. hated it.. (sorry it's true.. It may be classified as great prose but I hated it.. was always more of a Shakespeare guy myself )