ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the world’s longest novel. The Guinness Book of World Records gives the honor to Marcel Proust’s elephantine Remembrance of Things Past, weighing in at 9, 609, 000 characters (including spaces).

Detailed explanation-2: -This is a list of published novels with over 500, 000 words. Currently, the longest novel in the world is Venmurasu, a modern setting of the Hindu epic Mahabharatha, finished in 2020 by Tamil writer Bahuleyan Jeyamohan which has over 2, 300, 000 words.

Detailed explanation-3: -A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust contains an estimated 9, 609, 000 characters (each letter counts as one character. Spaces are also counted, as one character each). The title translates to “Remembrance of Things Past".

Detailed explanation-4: -Though it’s split up into multiple volumes, In Search of Lost Time is considered the longest novel ever published by Guinness World Records. This was determined by the book’s impressive character count, which reaches 9, 609, 000. In some editions, the total page count is over 3000.

Detailed explanation-5: -Poor Fellow My Country by Xavier Herbert. Women and Men by Joseph McElroy. Sironia, Texas by Madison Cooper. Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Jerusalem by Alan Moore. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. More items