Opening sentence 95 "Four days after the Jolly Seventeen debacle Vida Sherwin called and casually blew Carol’s world to pieces." Sinclair Lewis, Main Street.Writing an opening sentence that almost forces the reader to keep reading is difficult. Lewis's opening sentence for a chapter in Main Street is an example of how it is done.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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