Comments on: Top 10 Lost Works of Literature

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:21:31 +0000

What about Shakespeare’s lost version of Don Quixote, called Cardenio?

By: karamazov

karamazov — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:59:57 +0000

The brothers Karamazov was meant as part one of three of a larger work called “The Life of a Great Sinner”.

And Albert Camus meant to write on the three topics central to his philosophy, the absurd, revolt, and love. He died in a car crash before he even started ‘Love’. This means no complete development of his absurdist view exists.

Those are two big names severely lacking,
and Fitzgeralds incomplete ‘Last Tycoon’.

By: milot

milot — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:27:40 +0000

***** grek ,fyrom ,serbia, slav’s and ottoman empire

By: milot

milot — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:24:13 +0000

Lord Byron is one of the best here, he visited many countries, among them also Albania, he showed the world who and what are Albanians because at that time Albania neighboring states have had territorial claims and have presented them as shquptaret Albania pupull backward and illiterate

By: totalstranger

totalstranger — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:02:19 +0000

Dead Souls by Gogol is another unfinished book and the story behind it is very interesting, including madness etc.

By: Arod

Arod — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:58:46 +0000

There was an old claymation thing based off Mark Twains mysterious stranger its on youtube and damn is it freaky

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:02:49 +0000

I commend Randall for his mentioning of Sappho. Her writings are probably the most important lost works of literature. She was considered by many in her time to be the greatest poet who ever lived, but we don’t know why.

By: Melina

Melina — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:52:30 +0000

I’m not sure if I’m allowed to put links in here, but there is a claymation rendition of Mark Twain’s ‘Mysterious Stranger’, which is breathtaking.

http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ

If that doesn’t work go on you tube and type in very creepy, disturbing. Or Mysertious Stranger will probably work as well…hah

By: Lije Baillie

Lije Baillie — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:49:40 +0000

Plays of Robert Marlowe….

By: Kalyan

Kalyan — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:20:22 +0000

Vedas – the ancient body of text from Ancient India. It is generally believed that a lot of text from the Vedas have been lost.

The reason: Vedas were handed down the generations through oration. The practice of writing it down was adopted only in the first centuries AD and hence the belief that lots of works were lost.