The longest title?
While wandering through the web I happened to come across the longest and possibly most ridiculous book title I have ever seen:
History of the Great Rebellion. From its commencement to its close, giving an account of its origin, The Secession of the Southern States, and the Formation of the Confederate Government, the concentration of the Military and Financial resources of the federal government, the development of its vast power, the raising, organizing, and equipping of the contending armies and navies; lucid, vivid, and accurate descriptions of battles and bombardments, sieges and surrender of forts, captured batteries, etc., etc.; the immense financial resources and comprehensive measures of the government, the enthusiasm and patriotic contributions of the people, together with sketches of the lives of all the eminent statesmen and military and naval commanders, with a full and complete index. From Official Sources.
By Thomas P. Kettell
If you're having trouble believing that someone could actually do that, here it is on Google Books.
I wish to issue a challenge to all comers to outdo me and find a more long-winded title (or subtitle, as the case may be). Please leave your contenders in the comments section, preferably with a link to the source.
The prize?
Er...
Well, bragging rights are good, right?
Scott
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5 comments:
The longest book title belongs to writer and artist Nigel Tomm. His book title consists of 3,999 characters (with spaces) or 670 words. it is even to long to fit in this comment box :)
Now that's just taking all of the fun out of things. :p
Thankyou. Here’s a link to an image of the cover, as I'm having trouble finding a website that actaully prints the full title.
harps
It's on Wikianswers
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Longest_book_title
However I question the validity of the claim given that the actual title is only 31 words. The rest is simply a listing of every obscure prize the author has ever won. The folks over at Guinness certainly don't think too highly of it. Here's the link to the current record-holder according to them:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/arts_and_media/books_and_magazines/longest_title_of_a_book.aspx
Scott.
Yeah, but that's in Italian. Does that count?
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