Its recorded by guinness as the longest book ever written. But what is the longest piece of fiction ever written in human history. Country by xavier herbert this is the longest australian novel ever written at 850,000 words. Armen shekoyan, an armenian writer committed to producing the worlds longest novel, says. I hope students of writing can study these sentences to find inspiration. Yep, that is my summer reading, he replied, glancing down at the 1,088page behemoth of a novel.
Titled zettels traum, this german novel comes at 6. The worlds longest book title is the history of the wars of newengland with the eastern indians, or a narrative of their continued perfidy and cruelty, from the 10th of august, 1703, to the peace renewed th of july, 17, and from the 25th of july, 1722, to their. Set in an absurd, yet uncanny, nearfuture, with a cast of. Clarissa is fourth in our list of the best novels written in english and the. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. As i am writing this, i am in the process of adding a navigation bar to the longest text ever. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. The book begins with the longest words in the english language, which is somewhat hard to read, but the book quickly goes into more digestible material.
Of all the books ever published, which one has the longest title. He studies computer science and computer maintenance. What is the longest literary work ever written in terms of. As i did more research, i realized that there were many issues i had to take into consideration when deciding what to include on this list. Although word records may not seem like material ripe for comedy, cantrell knocks it out of the park. When the last book comes out next year it will be 14 books. Meet the college junior behind the longest fan fiction ever. More recently, the longest book i have ever read is the fourth estate by jeffrey archer. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. I started writing fan fiction because my english was bad. War and peace is a novel by the russian author leo tolstoy, first published in 1869. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published. The longest literary works ever written mental itch. Im not sure what the longest book that ive read was, but i can pretty much guarantee it was written by stephen king.
It still is as chaotic as ever, but at least this way people can find certain stuff easier. Top 10 longest novels in the english languagetop 10 longest novels in the english languagei love a long book that i can really get into, so i decided to compile a list of the longest novels ever written. Its the only book of this list that i have read a little from. At over 1 million words, it is a contender for the longest englishlanguage novel ever written. Also, do we consider books written only in one particular language or all. Posted in longest novel, the blah story, tagged longest book ever written, longest book ever written in english, longest book in history, longest book in the world, longest novel, longest novel in english language, longest novel series, longest novels ever written, longest published book, nigel tomm, the blah story on july 16, 2008 leave a. It is available online if you have enough time to read it. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. Watch more videos for more knowledge what was the longest book ever written. Whats the longest novel not a encyclopedia ever written. The longest article ever about the best record ever. The yongle dadian is supposedly the longest text ever written, however its exact length is unknown as only a handful of volumes survive and there is no proof the project was ever completed.
Of all the books ever published, which one has the longest. I included only books originally written in english, since it is easier to achieve a. Im doing a 2000 word essay as we speak, they usually do it by words now in university. Longest poem written by parekh contains a herculean, 7389 words, 46257 characters. The longest novel in a single volume that i have ever read is a suitable boy by vikram seth. He writes on usjapan relations, reporting from the white house and the. Proust is no match for these two fanfics the daily dot. It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. Even the authors know they are bloated beasts, for example take tad williams, writer of the memory, sorrow.
The english translation is remembrance of things past or in search of lost time. I had a 20 page one in highschool, but it was a book report so it was fairly easy. A rough way to count words in an english language text is to assume that a standard. And in his spare time, he writes the longest work of fan fiction ever composed. And there are even onesentence books actually, a few of them. Smashwords longest poem written by nikhil parekh only. Is it a novel with beautiful, captivating figurative language. Wikipedia list article this is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course of following the narrators life, from childhood to adulthood. Bg my longest ever book is harry potter and the order of the phoenix, book 5.
The longest book ever written the longest book ever written is called yongle dadian. There have been several claims for the longest sentence in the english language, usually with claims that revolve around the longest printed sentence, because there is no limit on the possible length of a written english sentence. Check out some of the coolest and quirkiest writing world records and videos. Literary critics, historians, avid readers, and even casual readers will all have different opinions on which novel is truly the greatest book ever written. The book was also mainly just copies of entire texts written previously, so whether it is actually a work in its own right is debatable.
To aid you in your worthwhile endeavor, ive sought out the shortest novels written by a selection of difficult writers. Thus begins the longest work of fiction ever written. The reports deep meditation on foreign policy makes it more than an inquest into the failings of individuals and institutions in the conduct of the iraq war, argues glen rangwala. Conventionally regarded as the longest novel in the english language.
Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records, theres no doubt that prousts masterpiece could quite easily double up as a mightily effective doorstop, with volumes clocking up nearly 1. I love a long book that i can really get into, so i decided to compile a list of the longest novels ever written. For a full list of record titles, please use our record. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records. I wanted to identify the shortest novel ever written in order to solve a mystery thats been plaguing me about my latest book, the drowned town. While war and peace, which has some 460,000 russian and french words, has in the english translation over 560,000 words, and over 3. The longest word in the oxford english dictionary is 45 letters long. Or that elusive hybrid of the two, the illdefined thing known as the novella. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. Did grossman set out to write the worlds longest book. It is the longest japanese novel and also one of the longest ever written. Kathy vieira i believe it was i know this much is true by wally lamb. This books is considered to be the longest published book in the english language with over 2. He writes on us japan relations, reporting from the white house and the.
Perhaps it is the harry potter series, the land of stories series, or any other 2inchormore book. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes. Ive excluded nonfiction and short stories in my estimation, but allowed novellas, since the definition of the novella is hazy at best. 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. Sir duke sounds like it could have been written by paul mccartney, and the hare krishnas who sing on the song pastime paradise. The longest word in the english language leaving literature to one side for a moment is a staggering 189,819 letters long. Anthony powell, a dance to the music of timepublished from 1951 to 1975, as a partial tribute to proust.
The subspace emissarys worlds conquest is currently over. Even if i needed to do book reports on them, i found their plots to be engrossing and. Hey guys, just wondering what the longest essay you have ever written in your life. Published in 12 volumes, it is sometimes regarded as a novel sequence. If you write a book according to the usual criteria, one person may like it, the other may dislike it, but when you write ten volumes, no one will say that the book is in eight.
At least one linguistics textbook concludes that, in theory, there is no longest english sentence. The longest article ever about the best record ever observer. Is the drowned town one of the shortest novels of all time. If his markings are to be our guide, however, it seems clear that wallace only ever read one essay from the book.
No doubt frank, the number one proust scholar in america from little miss sunshine would have read this even though its 1. Does anyone know of any other book series that might be longer. The longest novels with audiobook link by leo tolstoy available from rakuten kobo. The shortest novels written by 20 authors you shouldve. The ones that begin so grandly then morph into multivolume nightmares that never seem to end. The longest english words to ever appear in literature. Impress your friends by breaking or inventing your own writing world records on. An enclyclopedia with 11,095 volumes and 22,877 chapters.
All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Rowlings harry potter and the deathly hallows with 198,227 words. Composed in his own inimitable style and with stupendous intensity all throughout, the poem is a royal treatise to the chapters of the english language and is the first of its kind evolved in pure poetic verse till the end, unlike many of its contemporaries. Like the official flamingchickens lunar colony info.
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