
It was the best of lines... Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is voted Britain's favourite start to a novel - ...
1. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - 29% 2. 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.' 1984 by George Orwell - 24% 3. 'All children, except …