Kristie
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"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 22, 2008 14:38:41 GMT -5
As far as page numbers go--whether you've actually read it or not--what is the longest book you own? If you have any idea, about how many pages does it have?
For me, it's The Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged) by Alexandre Dumas with a whopping 1462 pages!
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Post by neveralone on Oct 22, 2008 15:45:52 GMT -5
MIne is The Works of Thoreau with 846 pages. I thought the Bible would be my longest book But, my thickest book is War and Peace.
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Post by Hanna on Oct 22, 2008 16:09:40 GMT -5
How many pages is the Bible? I would've thought it was my longest too. But I do have The Count of Monte Cristo, so that might be a winner. Or my Norton Anthology of Poetry.
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Halie
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Post by Halie on Oct 22, 2008 20:32:43 GMT -5
The Complete Sherlock Holmes. I also have the Complete Jane Austen, but I'm not sure which is longer.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2008 11:12:00 GMT -5
Mine is 'Vanity fair' only 716 pages. Local bookstore has beautiful, big and expencive 'Complete works of...' books. Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf and Oscar Wilde.
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Post by neveralone on Oct 23, 2008 13:48:14 GMT -5
My Bible is 760 pages or something. Different versions/publications have others though. My mom's The Message Bible is the biggest non reference book I have ever seen.
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Oct 23, 2008 20:35:33 GMT -5
Mine is Clarissa by Samuel Richardson, the longest novel ever written in English and yes, I've read it all! My copy has 1536 pages, font size 8. And no, it's not that good
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2008 12:22:13 GMT -5
Oh my.. that is huge...
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lindsay
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Post by lindsay on Oct 24, 2008 15:17:55 GMT -5
My longest is War and Peace at 1386 pages. The font is tiny too!
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Oct 24, 2008 23:13:22 GMT -5
Mine is Clarissa by Samuel Richardson, the longest novel ever written in English and yes, I've read it all! My copy has 1536 pages, font size 8. And no, it's not that good Oi! I guess I'll stay away from that...But that shouldn't be hard because I don't think it was on my TBR list anyways
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Oct 25, 2008 15:35:05 GMT -5
Wow, I'll stay away from Clarissa I read an extract for school and I didn't like it much. My longest is War and Peace (an italian edition) it has 1425 pages. I liked it a lot!
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Post by Carma on Oct 25, 2008 15:46:40 GMT -5
I'm afraid my longest book is special topics in calamity physics, with a mere 548 pages! one of my school books is longer though, it has 572 pages... I'm not sure how many pages my bible is.. because they start all over with counting in the new testament and I'm to lazy to check how long the ol one is..
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zeldafitzgerald
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Oct 26, 2008 22:24:31 GMT -5
I definitely have some non-fiction reference books that are longer, but I think my longest novel is Anna Karenina.
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Post by Pilleriin on Oct 27, 2008 11:30:16 GMT -5
My longest book is HP & the Order of Phoenix, it has 856 pages.
Edit: Oops, I just noticed that War and Peace is longer, 995 pages.
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jella
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Post by jella on Oct 27, 2008 12:56:25 GMT -5
My longest is Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, 1050 pages. It's in Finnish.
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