Paul Clifford
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: February 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781592245222
Subjects: Classic fiction; Literature: Classics; Fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Classics; Fiction / Classics
First sentence: IT was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents-except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.