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The 23 Most Unforgettable Last Sentences in Fiction

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
2
Kate Chopin
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
3
Toni Morrison
Canada
Canada
4
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
6
Charles Dickens
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
7
Mary Shelley
A Gate at the Stairs
A Gate at the Stairs
8
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
9
Marilynne Robinson
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
10
Margaret Mitchell
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
11
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
12
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
13
Margaret Atwood
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
14
Ralph Ellison
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
15
Alice Sebold
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
16
Geraldine Brooks
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
17
Jeffrey Eugenides
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
18
George Orwell
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
19
John Updike
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
20
Cormac McCarthy
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
21
Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
22
Zora Neale Hurston
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
23
Maurice Sendak
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