If were're doing great first lines, I think you have to include: Shakespeare's Hamlet: "Who's there?" Kafka's Metamorphosis: "As Gregor Samsa awoke one mornin

If were're doing great first lines, I think you have to include: Shakespeare's Hamlet: "Who's there?" Kafka's Metamorphosis: "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect."