Daedalus Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Just started a book (physical book, in one volume, in English) that is 2192 pages long, tiny text, huge pages (Concise Anthology of American Literature 2nd Edition if you're wondering... and yes, it is called concise, and no, it doesn't make sense!) - but the longest I've ever managed so far is some Robert Jordan book, probably 1000+. What are your greatest achievements? What is the longest book you have browsed? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdomx Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 I read history of the world once, it had so many volumes. can't remember how many pages exactly Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Center Field Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 (edited) In terms of novels probably War and Peace or Les Miserables (I highly recommend these two masterpieces of literature to anyone who has time)In terms of just books in general probaby this one book about Russian history. Four volumes, one thousand pages each. I wish I rememebered the name and I would recommend it too...Each version/publication of these books is different in length due to font and page size, but my copies were each two thousand plus Edited August 3, 2010 by Center Field Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeciliaL Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Charles ****ens's 'David Copperfield'. An enjoyable read and my longest. I generally don't have it in me to sit through loooong books... 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsubaki Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 I prefer to read short books rather than long ones, if only because I tend to lose interest in books (regardless of how much I'm enjoying them) after a little while, and I'd rather finish a short book than get a little ways into a longer one. So, the longest book I've ever actually finished was Crime and Punishment, a book I really did not enjoy. It was 550 pages or so, as I recall. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
solipse Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Atlas Shrugged by Rand. It was a worthwhile read, though there was always the constant apprehension of being knocked unconscious by it if I were to drop it during bedtime reading. 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 I'm not sure if it is the longest that I've read (though at least top 3), but the most daunting for me to read was Anna Karenina. And the small print wasn't particularly helpful, either. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 I'm going to be controversial and say that I don't think it's an achievement to read a long book.I think it's an achievement to plough through a book which is as dull as ditchwater. It doesn't necessarily matter about its length -- although these are the only sorts of books where the more content you have, the higher the factor by which overall boredom is multiplied. This is therefore the only circumstance where a longer book might be a greater achievement than a shorter book... and by achievement, I mean proud display of masochism Personally I've never liked being masochistic, so would prefer to replace 'achievement' with 'dubious personal choice' and leave it at that! 3 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcissist Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 I've read a few long novels but the longest (single volume) was Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell which I just checked for 1048 pages. Though as Sandwich says above, the length of a novel does not have to be very relevant. The same year I read Charles ****ens Hard Times which is not even 400 pages, and I assure you that I sure had hard times reading through it... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) Crime and Punishment, Little Women and Harry PotterThey were all around 600-800 pages long. Edited August 10, 2010 by __inthemaking Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theloserwins Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Tom Clancy - Rainbow Six. 1100 pages Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Center Field Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 I'm going to be controversial and say that I don't think it's an achievement to read a long book.I think it's an achievement to plough through a book which is as dull as ditchwater. It doesn't necessarily matter about its length -- although these are the only sorts of books where the more content you have, the higher the factor by which overall boredom is multiplied. This is therefore the only circumstance where a longer book might be a greater achievement than a shorter book... and by achievement, I mean proud display of masochism Personally I've never liked being masochistic, so would prefer to replace 'achievement' with 'dubious personal choice' and leave it at that!It isn't so much an achievement so much as a marker of someone who has a lot of time on their hands...although there is no dearth of novels that are long as well as artistic achievements. Reading quality pieces of work is the issue. If a book provides a pleasurable experience, it should be read, and treasured, as an artistic specimen.I mean, c'mon, who in hell has the time to read Remembrance of All Things Past, and who would want to? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caustica Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 East of Eden, Crime and Punishment, various Harry Potter books, although their text is less squashed. The former two were absolutely BRILLIANT though I actually love reading long books. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 I'm going to be controversial and say that I don't think it's an achievement to read a long book.I think it's an achievement to plough through a book which is as dull as ditchwater. It doesn't necessarily matter about its length -- although these are the only sorts of books where the more content you have, the higher the factor by which overall boredom is multiplied. This is therefore the only circumstance where a longer book might be a greater achievement than a shorter book... and by achievement, I mean proud display of masochism Personally I've never liked being masochistic, so would prefer to replace 'achievement' with 'dubious personal choice' and leave it at that!Haha true. I consider it an achievement that I actually eventually read all of Heart of Darkness which bored me to tears while I was supposed to read it for IB and never actually finished it for IB. I really didn't feel any better for having read HoD. I have a passionate dislike for that book, even though I understand all the fuss around it and why people consider it great literature (and it is). Possibly my greatest display of masochism must had been to plough through the entire Twilight series.In all seriousness? I don't really pay attention to how long the book is, because if it's a good book (by which I mean I enjoy it and get really into it) then I would get through it in one night if I have that time. So the long and short of it is that I don't remember what the longest book I ever read was. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
autobahn Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb, almost 1000 pages. Took me almost a month to read but it was fairly enjoyable. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxokat Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Stephen King tends to ramble and his books are super long.....It took me forever to get through "IT" and "Under the Dome"....They were good but kind of strange....I will forever be terrified by clowns Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdominal Procrastinator Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 I've read Le Mis and Crime and Punishment. The problem with these long books is that I HAVE to read these in one sitting, whatever the length, or else it is very problematic. (Especially with random russian names) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissedbymoonlight Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry and Ulysses by James Joyce. (Both awesome books, but I preferred A Fine Balance, you should read it!) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Glau Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Battlefield Earth. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootall2591 Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 The longest novel I have ever read is the great Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. I just checked my copy and it was 1475 pages. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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