re doorstoppers

[Henry]

Why are we attracted to doorstoppers?  I, for one, live in them while I read
them for months on end, and then I need to find a short book or a book of
short stories to bring me back.

Henry Mu

-----Original Message-----
From: James Kyllo

That's surprising.  It doesn't "feel" as long as dozens of others.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy
>
> Published 1993. 1488 pages softcover. 591,552 words. The longest
> conventional novel in English since Clarissa, and officially the
> longest novel in the English language published in a single volume.
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels#Vikram_Seth.2C_A_Suitabl
e_Boy