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        The Da Vinci Code


        setting

        Paris, France

        time

        2000s

        language

        English

        region

        Western Europe

        year published

        2003

        page count

        454

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Robert Langdon, Sophie Neveu, Jacques Saunière, Silas

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery. He lunged for the nearest painting he could see, a Caravaggio. Grabbing the gilded frame, the seventy-six-year-old man heaved the masterpiece toward himself until it tore from the wall and Saunière collapsed backward in a heap beneath the canvas.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)