The top 10 longest plays shakespeare ever wrote from shakespeares shortest play the comedy of errors 1,787 lines to his longest. I dont know if hes ever revealed who that lover was. He only intimated that he was an equal star celebrity. Naturally, opinion is sometimes divided on how exactly to measure length pages, words, or even characters, so its an approximate guide however, if you ever manage to get all the way through even one of these, you have our eternal respect. Read this and have an exquisite spiritual experience. Polgara the sorceress is the longest book i have read in english at 754 pages. And i thought the stand was long its only 1168 pages. Watch more videos for more knowledge what was the longest book ever written.
Mar 07, 2015 this resulted in the creation of the epic which in persian is called shahnameh or translated the book of kings, the longest poem ever written in history. We take a look at ten of the longest plays he wrote and find out just how many lines each of them has. Please respect everyones opinions, even if you think their opinion is downright stupid. In the 1980s, european countries started to organise their economies on more american lines. Longest books ever written posted on june 6, 2014 in daily best of the web the following is an excerpt from s best of the web written by the editor, james taranto. From the dark and dry to the witty and wry, from the fictive to the factual, from travel logs to comedic blogs, this extensive collection of humor both classic and new inclu.
The book was published in 1924 and follows a muslim indian doctor named aziz and his relationships with an english professor, cyril fielding, and a visiting english schoolteacher named adela quested. Meet the college junior behind the longest fan fiction ever. Nigel tomms abstract novel the blah story was begun to publish in the october 2007. It is the longest japanese novel and also one of the longest ever written. Mar 08, 2015 this resulted in the creation of the epic which in persian is called shahnameh or translated the book of kings, the longest poem ever written in history. The book was published in 1924 and follows a muslim indian doctor named aziz and his relationships with an english professor, cyril fielding, and a visiting english. What is the longest essaytext that you have ever written. Kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. He studies computer science and computer maintenance. The guinness book of world records gives the honor to marcel prousts elephantine remembrance of things past, weighing in at 9,609,000 characters including spaces. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by kings office and refers to the american hardcover editions. If you love to laugh then youre in luck, because weve gathered 50 of the funniest books of all time on this cantmiss list.
Swiss comedians andreas storm and catherine stormer featured the book in their stage program and called it the worst book ever written in german tongue. The longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. But what is the longest piece of fiction ever written in human history. Let me summarize some facts about worlds longest booknovel the blah story. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. I love a long book that i can really get into, so i decided to compile a list of the longest novels ever written. Not only had he been called an idiot to his face, but he could do nothing to counter that. Oct 09, 2018 what is the longest book that one can read. Ferdowsis great aim was to revive the ancient persian culture, mythology and language after the invasion of the islamic caliphate of the arabs. The worlds shortest book was a joke template popularized in late 1960s.
Forster wrote his novel a passage to india after multiple trips to the country throughout his early life. Jul 18, 2017 if you love to laugh then youre in luck, because weve gathered 50 of the funniest books of all time on this cantmiss list. The novels mentioned above are some of the longest books ever written, which allow the reader to stay immersed in the stories and live the characters for a great amount of time. This old book by fulton oursler, the greatest book ever written will make your heart so glad that you feel like a new person. We list below the ten longest, most epic novels ever created. When youre paid by installment, theres rather an incentive to make the story drag on for as long as possible. For a full list of record titles, please use our record. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer.
It took up,095 pages spread over 10 volumes, with over two million words, and a french name which is the reason why were not even bothering to write it out for you. The template consists of a book title and an author, which when paired together would be nonsensical. Jun 04, 2014 the longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. Ferdowsis great aim was to revive the ancient persian culture, mythology and language after the. Nov 09, 2009 kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. The shortest novels written by 20 authors you shouldve read. Aug 16, 2017 a suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous. The book is written by a python script which was in turn written by john fish. This task ended up being much more complex than one would think a list of longest books. In 1976, a sociologist, daniel bell, wrote a book whose title encapsulated the conventional wisdom of the time. His new book the blah story, volume 8 consists of one poem which contains 98,728 words. Published in 11 volumes and 1080 chapters 1040 chapters by cai dongfan, the last 40 chapters by xu jinfu, this historical novel includes 6 million chinese characters. These books are rather long but never tedious, and will take the reader on unparalleled journeys which will likely be remembered for the rest of his or her lifetime.
My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. I wrote a 111page thesis with endnotes on the history and development of orbital docking systems. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. The longest poem in english literature now belongs to writer and artist nigel tomm. The longlost story of the longest book ever written.
It, however, isnt even close to being the longest book ever written. The greatest book ever written, the old testament oursler. Posted on july 27, 2019 by katherine luck if you set out to find the worlds shortest novel, as i recently did, youll run into a crazy pile of misinformation, unsourced quora and yahoo answers pages, ethnic slurs disguised as jokes, and general confusion about the difference between a novel, a. Spends 40 years in europe spends 5 years in the usa. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation.
This resulted in the creation of the epic which in persian is called shahnameh or translated the book of kings, the longest poem ever written in history. Jan 10, 2012 the worlds shortest book was a joke template popularized in late 1960s. The 15,145page, singlespaced fantasy manuscript called the story of the vivian girls, in what is known as the realms of the unreal, of the glandecoangelinian war storm, caused by the child slave rebellion by henry joseph darger jr. The subspace emissarys worlds conquest is currently over. You can learn who your family is in this recap of mankinds history. The longest book every written was the yongle dadian, an encyclopedia with 11,095 volumes and 22,877 chapters.
Currently writing a 300page book about how i found a moon rock that had been lost for 40 years. He decided that today was perhaps the longest day of his life. Apr 15, 2020 there have been some truly massive books written over the years. The count of monte cristo at 375,695 words and 1,276 pages in the penguin classics english translation is one of the longest books ive read. Oct 02, 2014 eddings wrote two 5 book series and two histories.
Its a piece of lore that after mitchell wrote joe goulds secret he never wrote another story. Rowlings harry potter and the deathly hallows with 198,227 words. The united states, so desperate for quality authors that theyre saying that something written by a russian, is in fact american. The man who wrote the longest ndebele poem sunday news. There are fifteen volumes published, each of which is approximately 800,000 words long. There have been some truly massive books written over the years. Perhaps it is the harry potter series, the land of stories series, or any other 2inchormore book. The longest book ever written the longest book ever written is called yongle dadian.
Elton johns one was written for and about his lover at the time. I then wrote my first book, edited by one of my mentors pathisa nyathi, when i was in high school doing my alevels. King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances under which they were written and the critical reception that they received. The life of me, and dont be mistaken, its going to be the best damn book youll ever read, tremendous, and youll never believe it but i wrote every word, im serious, you cant believe it, i cant make it up. Sep 08, 2017 what was the longest book ever written.
According to a 1983 guinness book of records, this monster once qualified as literatures longest at 1,288 words, but that record has long been surpassed, in english at least, by jonathan coes the rotters club, which ends with a 33pagelong,955 word sentence. Jul 27, 2019 what is the shortest novel ever written. An enclyclopedia with 11,095 volumes and 22,877 chapters. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. The worst books of all time what do you think are the worst books ever written. And in his spare time, he writes the longest work of fan fiction ever composed. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes.
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