<section><h2><h2><strong>Can you guess the classic book from these iconic first lines?</strong></h2></h2></section><section><h2><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.'</span></h2></h2></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'A screaming comes across the sky.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: black;">'Call Me Ishmael.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'The primroses were over.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'It was love at first sight.'</span></h2><p><br></p></h3></section><section><h3><h2><strong>'</strong>It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'</h2><h2><br></h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2><strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(38, 39, 40);">'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.'</span></h2></h3></section><section><h2><h2><strong>Keep trying...</strong></h2></h2><p><p>There's a long way to go, dear reader. It's time to brush up on your literary knowledge, but remember, there's always a next time.</p><p><br></p><p>Why not start with the basics? We recommend our <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/100-must-read-classic-books.html" target="_blank">100 must-read classic books.</a></p></p></section><section><h3><h2><strong>Not bad!</strong></h2></h3><p><p>You've certainly spent your fair share of time with your head buried in a book, but can you take it up a notch or two?</p><p><br></p><p>For you, a more advanced classics aficionado, we recommend these <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/jun/best-novellas.html" target="_blank">classic novels you can finish in a weekend</a>.</p></p></section><section><h3><h2>Nice work Einstein! </h2></h3><p><p>Your bookshelves groan under the weight of your personal classics collection, and you've got the linguistic prowess of Shakespeare.</p><p><br></p><p>From Dostoevsky to Tolstoy, you've tackled all the greats. Why not pick up something new, in discover the <a href="Must-reads of 2020: the best new books of the year" target="_blank">latest and greatest releasing in 2020</a>.</p></p></section>