The Austen Inspired First Line Contest!

 

 “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

 

There is perhaps no more famous line than this one, from Jane Austen’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE. It has become a part of pop culture, used again and again in various forms.

 

 

Take, for instance, the first line to The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading by Darcy Vance and Charity Tahmaseb:



It is a truth universally acknowledged that a high school boy in possession of great athletic abil