Writer's Block: Once upon a time…

[gridlore]

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I've got three. Can you name them?

"He was one hundred and seventy days dying and not yet dead..."

"Once there was a dead man."

"On the 24th of February, 1815, the watch-tower of Notre Dame de la Garde signaled the arrival of the three-master Pharaon, from Symrna, Trieste, and Naples."

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[seawasp]

The third is OBVIOUSLY The Count of Monte-Cristo.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Not obvious if you don't know the story. When my sister's kids are older I'm going to introduce them to Dumas and Stevenson.