Worlds Longest Essay <Latest>

The does not officially list “longest essay,” but in academic circles, the longest known undergraduate essay is one by a University of Bristol history student in 2012 who submitted a 112,000-word dissertation (roughly the length of a 350-page book). The tutor reportedly read it over a summer.

So if you need a one‑sentence takeaway: John Locke’s 1689 philosophical work, at ~360,000 words, is the longest single work still universally titled an “essay” by its author and literary history. worlds longest essay

If you want the : a French philosopher, Bernard-Henri Lévy , once wrote a 1,200-page essay on philosophy and war ( L’Esprit du judaïsme ), but again, publishers call it a book. The does not officially list “longest essay,” but

If you expand the definition to include , the record changes. The longest published “essay” in the traditional sense is often cited as The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant (11 volumes, ~2 million words). But that’s really a book series. If you want the : a French philosopher,