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Opening lines in the history of literature

There where ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost two-thirty to get her call through.

J. D. Salinger "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

John Tolkien “The Hobbit”

Yes, sir. Certainly, it was I who found the body.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa "In the bush"

It was the day my grandmother exploded.

Iain banks “The Crow Road”

MANY YEARS LATER as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUES “ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE”

Maman died today.

Albert Camus “The stranger”

Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin".

Franz Kafka “The transformation”

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

George Orwell 1984