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Originally Posted by issybird
Some of these I've read too recently or they're not long enough. And ironically, Galsworthy did win the Nobel, but The Forsyte Saga is really just light fiction IMO, one of those "sweeping family sagas" that I don't care for, although I liked it when I read it back in the day. That said, thank you for recalling Tom Jones to me, which is a perfect fit. Long, important, I haven't read it since college and I like that it's earlier than the 19th century. And funny! A very serious contender.
Much as I'm being tempted by a few suggestions, I think I need to limit this challenge to six novels or risk being overwhelmed. At first I thought I'd have a set list, but now I'm thinking maybe a list of eight or nine of the top contenders, so I'd always have a choice as the year wound down.
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Happy to help. Here is the longest book according the the
Guinness Book of World Records.
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
And one final suggestion...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo