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* ''The Notebook'' (''The Notebook'', ''The Proof'', and ''The Third Lie'', not [[The Notebook|any other novel]]). |
* ''The Notebook'' (''The Notebook'', ''The Proof'', and ''The Third Lie'', not [[The Notebook|any other novel]]). |
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* Cash's sections in ''As I Lay Dying'' by William Faulkner. First section is a list of what to do to properly construct Addie's casket. Next two sections, the third being 1 1/2 sentences long, are about the casket's imbalance. |
* Cash's sections in ''As I Lay Dying'' by William Faulkner. First section is a list of what to do to properly construct Addie's casket. Next two sections, the third being 1 1/2 sentences long, are about the casket's imbalance. |
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* Victor Hugo sent a letter to his publisher about ''[[Les Misérables (novel)|Les Misérables]]'' sales. |
* Victor Hugo sent a letter to his publisher about ''[[Les Misérables (novel)|Les Misérables]]'' sales. The text: "?" The reply: "!" |
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** According to ''Guinness Book of World Records,'' the shortest correspondence ever. |
** According to ''Guinness Book of World Records,'' the shortest correspondence ever. |
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** "Such brevity is all the more remarkable when one considers that ''[[Les Misérables (novel)|Les Misérables]]'' contains one of the longest sentences in the French language -- 823 words without a period." Felton and Fowler's ''Best, Worst, and Most Unusual'', p. 26 |
** "Such brevity is all the more remarkable when one considers that ''[[Les Misérables (novel)|Les Misérables]]'' contains one of the longest sentences in the French language -- 823 words without a period." Felton and Fowler's ''Best, Worst, and Most Unusual'', p. 26 |
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''The Red Wheelbarrow'' |
''The Red Wheelbarrow'' |
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[[Serious Business|so much depends]] / upon / a red wheel / barrow |
[[Serious Business|so much depends]] / upon / a red wheel / barrow |
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glazed with rain / water / beside the white / chickens. |
glazed with rain / water / beside the white / chickens. |
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''This Is Just To Say'' |
''This Is Just To Say'' |
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I have eaten / the plums / that were in / the icebox |
I have eaten / the plums / that were in / the icebox |
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and which / you were probably / saving / for breakfast |
and which / you were probably / saving / for breakfast |
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Forgive me / they were delicious / so sweet / and so cold }} |
Forgive me / they were delicious / so sweet / and so cold }} |
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* This poem from Ogden Nash: |
* This poem from Ogden Nash: |