The longest novel ever written

You might have some long books on your bookshelves, but do you have the longest novel ever written? That would be Marcel Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu (translated as Remembrance of Things Past) by Marcel Proust. According to Guinness World Records it contains an estimated 9,609,000 characters, including spaces. The first volume of the book – the first of 13 volumes – was published in 1913. 😎