Oh and my favorite sentence in recent memory:
"It was winter - that is, about the second week in November - and great gusts were rattling at the windows, and wailing and thundering among our tall trees and ivied chimneys - a very dark night, and a very cheerful fire blazing, a pleasant mixture of good round coal and spluttering dry wood, in a genuine old fireplace, in a sombre old room."
Many thanks go to Dr. Drib for posting Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu and introducing me that gem of a sentence.
When I show off my reader to interested parties, I always have that page bookmarked and have them read it. Works everytime!
They either want my reader or the name of the book. Usually both.