Thursday, March 27, 2014

Of Literary Interest

As I learned on NPR last night, the editors at The American Scholar have published their list of the ten best sentences in fiction and nonfiction written in English--sentences that "stop you in your tracks." You can view the list here. Gossips' personal favorite, predictably perhaps, may be the one from Pride and Prejudice.
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2 comments:

  1. unheimlichMarch 27, 2014 at 9:30 PM

    "Its vanished trees ... had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams ..."

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  2. Byrne Fone March 28, 2014 at 6:33 AM

    Golden lads and girls all must,
    As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
    --Shakespeare, Cymbeline

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