September 2014 TCWT Blog Chain

TCWT: “What are your favorite book beginnings and/or endings?"

ZH: Well, I really love the beginning of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. It's just so witty and captivating that you can't help but read on. And for you more literary scholar people, it also uses indirect discourse to show the outrageous Mrs. Bennet's belief and objective that last throughout the whole novel.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. (Like Quote on Goodreads)

And then, for endings, I really like the controversial epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (and incidentally, the series). Some people didn't like it because spoiler (click read more): Harry is older and not famous anymore, but I'm okay with that.