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This is a list of English-language novels that multiple media outlets and commentators have considered to be among the best of all time. The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists.
The 1983 Guinness Book of World Records says the "Longest Sentence in Literature" is a sentence from Absalom, Absalom! containing 1,288 words (the record has since been broken). [9] The sentence can be found in Chapter 6; it begins with the words "Just exactly like Father", and ends with "the eye could not see from any point".
Many authors will use quotations from literature as the title for their works. This may be done as a conscious allusion to the themes of the older work or simply because the phrase seems memorable. The following is a partial list of book titles taken from literature. It does not include phrases altered for parody.
The Knight in the Panther's Skin by Shota Rustaveli, one of the greatest Georgian poets. Taghribat Bani Hilal ; see also Arabic epic literature; Andhra Mahabharatam by Nannayya; Ruodlieb , by a German author; Digenis Akritas ; about a hero of the Byzantine Empire; Epic of King Gesar
This is a partial list of 20th-century writers. This list includes notable artists, authors, philosophers, playwrights, poets, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non fiction
Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith and the other “elemental stuff” of life in spare Nordic prose, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for writing ...
The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
List of books by Clive Hamilton; List of books by Friedrich Hayek; List of works by Søren Kierkegaard; List of works by Stephen King; List of books by Astrid Lindgren; List of works by H. P. Lovecraft; List of books by Amory Lovins; List of books by Martin Luther; List of books by Madonna; List of books by Thomas Hunt Morgan; List of works by ...