Famous First Lines from Books - Scavenger Hunt

Read the opening lines of some famous/classic books.  Find the author, name of the book, and the year it was written.  Time yourself.  Hand in your answers.

1.  It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
2.  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
3.  I am an invisible man.
4.  You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.
5.  When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.
6.  In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
7.  You better not never tell nobody but God.
8.  All children, except one, grow up.
9.  In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.
10. The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him 'WILD THING!' and Max said 'I'LL EAT YOU UP!' so he was sent to bed without eating anything.

What do you think makes a great opening line to a story or novel? (Post your answers.)