Paul Clifford
Publisher: Routledge Kegan & Paul
Published: June 2002
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9789997555458
Subjects: Fiction
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.