The 446-word anaconda of a sentence in size 10 Times New Roman describing, of all things, a sofa. I think. Credit: Michelle Kerns
- The 446-word anaconda of a sentence in size 10 Times New Roman describing, of all things, a sofa. I think.
- Here is the beginning...
- ...and here is the end, 11 feet and 6 inches later.
- The sentence, as seen while standing on top of my kitchen counter. (Authorities believe alcohol was involved.) This bit is from 'A sofa that had risen up from dreamland'; to 'sole surviving fragment of a life that had vanished.'
- The mid-section of the sentence, from 'sole surviving fragment of a life that had vanished' to 'curious interpolation of those singular and superfluous objects.'
- Finally, the end: from 'curious interpolation of those singular and superfluous objects' to 'the idealization immanent in each of their successive homes, of the Verdurin drawing room.'
- The sentence wrapping 14 times around a bottle of Cabernet. And do not, DO NOT, give me grief about the cheapness of Bogle. What am I, a New York Times writer?
- Just in case you didn't think I really did it.
- 12 1/2 times around Chardonnay.
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