Longest book you've ever read.

The longest book I've ever read was Lord of the Rings (by J.R.R. Tolkien) and I loved it. Exciting, moving: it's one of the books I've ever come across

- The Bible.
- It.
- War And Peace.

It's my goal in life to read The Story Of The Vivian Girls. Only 15,000 pages. :D

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Originally Posted by mcilroga

It's my goal in life to read The Story Of The Vivian Girls. Only 15,000 pages. :D

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Wow! 15,000 pages! Are you sure it's just ONE book?! I wonder how long it took the author to write it.

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Originally Posted by Ceinwyn

Wow! 15,000 pages! Are you sure it's just ONE book?! I wonder how long it took the author to write it.

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It's a 15,145 page manuscript in 10 volumes. It's the longest novel ever written at over 10 million words. Want to read it with me?

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Originally Posted by mcilroga

It's a 15,145 page manuscript in 10 volumes. It's the longest novel ever written at over 10 million words. Want to read it with me?

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*Returns from Wikipedia*
It sounds very interesting. I would probably be jumping all over it, were it not for school. The story of that photo is pretty haunting, I have to say.

(For those interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Elsie_-_lg.jpg)

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand clocking in at over 1100 pages, after which i stuck to short stories for a while. :)

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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand clocking in at over 1100 pages, after which i stuck to short stories for a while. :)

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I sympathize...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix :D

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It's a 15,145 page manuscript in 10 volumes. It's the longest novel ever written at over 10 million words. Want to read it with me?

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I salute you, but I am afraid that I do not wish to become a literary monk.

the bible
stone of tears

but 15,000, wow thats quite a goal...good luck!;)

Lord of the Rings...but it didn't feel that long, maybe cos it's such a page turner in contrast to say, Ulysses which I took months to plough through.

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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand clocking in at over 1100 pages, after which i stuck to short stories for a while. :)

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I've read it as well. Horrible novel. The dense symbolism annoys me to death. But what could I really expect from Ayn Rand? Maybe it would have been bearable had I just skipped over John Galt's ridiculously long sixty page speech.

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I've read it as well. Horrible novel. The dense symbolism annoys me to death. But what could I really expect from Ayn Rand? Maybe it would have been bearable had I just skipped over John Galt's ridiculously long sixty page speech.

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Well, actually, it would probably be better to read only said speech, and skip the rest.

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Well, actually, it would probably be better to read only said speech, and skip the rest.

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That's true. Maybe it would have been best had I just not read the novel; I just felt the need to point out that damn speech. :D

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That's true. Maybe it would have been best had I just not read the novel; I just felt the need to point out that damn speech. :D

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Personally, I don't know why she wrote this stuff in novel form. I've read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and, while the former was comparatively pretty enjoyable, I think I still prefer her nonfiction. Atlas is indeed a tedious read, but I'm glad I did it once, and I'm still looking forward to the film trilogy. I just think the entire essence of her philosophy can pretty much be found in the "speeches" - those of Galt, Roark, Wynand, the tramp on the train (I am a big fan of his speech, actually), d'Anconia's "money speech" (that one too), and so on. The rest is just...