Must be a bugger to read some of the German translations. With the verb coming at the end of the sentence, you'd be really stacking up the tension as you read, only for it to unravel in a sudden cascade of resolving sub-clauses for the last 20-30 pages.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 May 2005 17:37 > To: [email protected] > Subject: The Longest Sentence > > I think Graywolf commented here about the current trend in > using short, staccato-like sentences. His comment motivated > a Google search to find the longest sentence in literature. > Here are a couple of possibilities > > http://www.gavroche.org/vhugo/sentence.shtml > > Bored Shel > > > > >
