“Paul Clifford” by Edward Bulwer-Lytton opens with what memorable line?

Here is the question :

“PAUL CLIFFORD” BY EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON OPENS WITH WHAT MEMORABLE LINE?

Here is the option for the question :

• In a land, far, far away…
• Once upon a time…
• It was a dark and stormy night…
• It was the best of times…

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Explanation:

[STC0011300]. Even if the novel itself has been completely forgotten, the opening paragraph of Bulwer-Lytton from 1830’s “Paul Clifford” is still easily recognizable as a cliche. In 1982, a writing contest in honor of Bulwer-Lytton was announced, with the prompt “an atrocious opening sentence to the worst novel never written.”