Lord of the Rings, tried War and Peace didn't quite make it!
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Lord of the Rings, tried War and Peace didn't quite make it!
Probably Don Quixote
Other books have felt longer though.
lord of the rings
joseph and his brothers by thomas mann (if I remeber well. but, also, may be other titles as well)
Either Atlas Shrugged or Shogun
EDIT:
I think I win for single volumes. I just finished the (rather interesting) Urantia Book. 2128 Pages, unbelievably thick. It's an extension of Christianity for extraterrestrial beings!
The Bible varies alot. It tends to be around 1000-1100 pages but i've seen as many as 1336 pages (Old and New Testament) and as little as 801 pages (Old and New Testament)
If anybody wants a real challenge, read the "Yongle Dadian" Chinese encyclopedia with 11095 volumes compiled by 3,000 chinese scholars in the early 15th century (about 1100 pages per volume)
Both Don Quixote, by Cervantes, and Middlemarch, George Eliot, seemed to go on forever. My version of Don Quixote is only about an inch and a half thick, but the print is tiny. Middlemarch is heavy, in places, which may be why is took so long to finish.
The longest books I've ever read, in no particular order :
- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, almost 1500 pages, paperback.
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Pevear/Volokhonsky around 1200 pages, hardcover.
- Don Quixote by Cervantes, translated by Edith Grossman, around 900 pages, paperback.
The longest series I've ever read is the Master and Commander (Aubrey/Maturin) series by Patrick O'Brian (almost 7000 pages in total).
I love them all. I guess I'm just a sucker for big fat books.
I've read the Bible cover to cover, but I won't count that since I skipped several tedious parts (the genealogies, laws etc.).
The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes... Hardcover, 1132 pages
There are a few hefty ones that are on my "to read" shelf, including In Search of Lost Time, which is considered the world's longest novel by Guinness (It's broken down into volumes, but I believe it's roughly 4,500 pages).
Hmm, maybe we can have an argument for Eliot's The Waste Land.
Atlas Shrugged is the longest for me, followed closely by James Clavell's Shogun. I've read Shogun thrice cover to cover, but AS was taxing to read once.
Jonathon strange and Mr Norell - Susanna Clarke
I am currently on page 688 of 1006. She uses many pointless footnotes which pad it out a bit
It should have been cut by a ruthless editor to half it's size. :flare:
Captain Billy's Whizbang or Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang.
School:
Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789, Vol. 3 by Robert Middlekauff
- 736pp
Leisure/Pleasure:
Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- 1360pp
Which I am just starting to read...(after I finish the 900 page Marcel Proust a Life Biography...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mag Master 21
Any one care to join me reading Á La Recherche Du Temps Perdu ???
My Modern Library 6 volume Moncrief/Kilmartin/ Enright translated edition totals 4300 pages of pure Proustian bliss.