March 18, 2008
100 Best Last Lines From Novels.
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I’ve been a bibliophile since birth. I blame it on my grandmother and mother who read to me daily. And on my aunt who is a librarian and always brought me the latest books from her school library to read before any students even had a chance!
The American Book Review has released a list of what they consider the 100 best last lines from novels. Some of my favorites that made the cut:
3. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925)
52. Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
– J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
65. This is the difference between this and that.
– Gertrude Stein, A Novel of Thank You (1958)
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Kati
March 18, 2008 at 2:24 pmAh! Great Gatsby definitely has one of the best and most memorable end lines.
Hooray for books!
Jo
March 18, 2008 at 3:27 pmgreat find, I look forward to spending time perusing….
Joanna Goddard
March 18, 2008 at 3:48 pmgenius! this makes me want to read a novel of thank you.
emily@designsmack
March 18, 2008 at 4:02 pmI think they made some odd choices! I agree with your picks, especially Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye. Gone with the Wind, A Christmas Carol, and Candide also had pretty great last lines. It would be interesting to compare first and last lines. Cool post!!
Jane Flanagan
March 19, 2008 at 2:54 amYay!!! Beckett is No.1!
Easy and Elegant Life
March 28, 2008 at 7:15 pm“Yes,” I said. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?”
The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway.