We all love to read. Many of us tend to choose books based on their length and the length of time it may take to read them (although some would like to read a book over 1,000 or 1,500 pages). Today in our TOP - 10 longest books in the world in terms of word count.
Clarissa ("Clarissa"), Samuel Richardson
- 984,870 words
- 1534 pages.
The story of a young girl, the youngest daughter of a wealthy bourgeois, who received a large inheritance from her grandfather. Possessing high moral values, she transferred her inheritance rights to other family members and fell under the oppression of relatives who wanted to marry her off to a rich man. Denying a marriage of convenience, the girl actively resisted the marriage and became a victim of an insidious seducer, with whom she had a long moral struggle for honor and dignity. A fascinating plot and complex psychology made this work a world literary heritage.
"My Struggle" ( Min Kamp) , Karl Uwe Knausgard
- 1 million words
- 3600 pages.
The book introduces readers to a bold, gripping and deeply surprising international literary sensation - this provocative and brilliant six-volume autobiographical novel by Karl Uwe Knausgaard. "My Struggle" is a unique work in modern literature, which has everything for the curious reader: death, love, art, fear and intimate scenes.
Zettels Traum, Arno Schmidt
- 1.1 million words
- 1536 pages.
The novel tells the story of the life of the main characters Daniel Pagenstecher, Paul Jacobi and his wife Wilma, as well as their teenage daughter Francisca. Discussing the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe, all four raise issues related to Poe's translation. Langben's research shows how literary language can mediate or explain the world of experiences and concepts. Schmidt's use of non-traditional storytelling formats forces us to analyze how we perceive literary texts.
Sironia, Texas , Madison Cooper
- 1.1 million words
- 1731 pages
The longest American novel, to hit the news in 1952, held the New York Times bestselling position for 11 weeks. The content of the novel caused a storm of criticism and outrage from some readers, several states immediately banned its sale. It follows the life of a small town in downtown Texas in the early 1900s. Cooper modeled some of his characters after real-life locals. This book has been loved by a large audience for many years, a real gem of literary art.
Mission Earth by L. Ronald Hubbard
- 1.2 million words
- 3992 pages.
The book is about a world ruled by corporations and political corruption, where governments are driven by oil and controlled by drugs, where global warming is getting stronger by the minute. This is a novel that determines the fate of humanity, where a cosmic conspiracy is about to strike, and an intergalactic intrigue knows no boundaries. Written in the genre of science fiction, the work laid the foundations and principles of the controversial church (sect?) Of Scientologists.
In Search of Lost Time (A La Recherche du Temps Perdu), Marcel Proust
- 1267,069 words
- 3031 pages.
A book about love - happy, painful, full of suffering and the relationship between a man and a woman. The main characters of the novel are Charles Swann and Odette de Cressy, a woman of dubious origin, who warms up the feelings of her beloved with her indifference and causes his indifference ... with her declarations of love. Fighting contradictions and complex love experiences.
"People of Good Will" (Les Hommes de Bonne Volonté), Jules Romain
- 2.07 million words
- 8000 pages.
The book is about the interaction of people in a team, a description of the influence of the team on individual subjects. The novel describes the events that take place in French society in the period 1908-1933, acquaints the reader with representatives of various sectors of society: politicians, bankers, clergy, teachers, artists and workers of various qualifications. A typical character was selected for each class. The number of characters in the book is more than 400 - fictional and real.
"Artamene" (Artamène), Madeleine de Scuderi
- 2.1 million words
- 13095 pages.
Artamen, or the Great Cyrus, is the main novel by Madeleine and Georges de Scuderi, first published between 1649 and 1653. Considered the longest French novel ever written (13,095 pages in the original edition and about 2,100,000 words). It took five years for this book to hit bookstore shelves in full.
The Blah Story by Nigela Tomm
- 11 million words
- 7312 pages.
Extremely creative, Nigel Tomm breaks down the barrier of words and meanings, giving life and expression to the template of his most exclusive novel, The Story of Blah. It's a new way to create text that frees your imagination and lets you personalize every word with your own creativity.
Marienbad My Love by Mark Leach
- 17.8 million words
- 10,710 pages.
Exiled to a desert island, persecuted by Christ, a journalist and then a director tries to convince a married woman from his past to help him create a sci-fi fake for the classic of the French New Wave of the 1960s "The Last Year in Marienbad". Through this act of artistic creation, he hopes to fulfill the will of God, predicting the death of time and the birth of a new religion. The longest novel in the world, a multivolume work carefully assembled from fragments of pre-existing texts written and appropriated by Mark Leach over 30 years.
