complete works

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During that job, he said in the Cornell talk, he purchased the complete works of Charles Dickens.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

While abroad, he ordered a copy from London of Sterne’s complete works, so he’d never be without them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Two Australian mathematicians say they have debunked an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespeare.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

They are everywhere: These authors’ complete works circulate in the big bookstores in the Miraflores neighborhood and in central Lima.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Leaves not a single descendant, only scattered, partial testimony, His complete works doodles in the dirt?

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel