If you’re a fan of Jane Austen (and honestly, isn’t most every book lover?) then you already know the 19 th century novelist wrote more than beautiful love stories (albeit filled with irony, humor, ...

Bruiting about the Internet lately is a list of what are claimed to be the 51 most beautiful sentences from English literature. You can see it at www.buzzfeed.com ...

It’s that time of year again! To celebrate *The Hill’*s annual crowning of Washington, D.C.’s most attractive and/or link-bait-y, we highlighted the 50 most beautiful sentences from the list itself. A ...

"We're sometimes struck by a beautiful sentence or maybe a lousy sentence, and we'll just say, 'Hey, listen to this,' " she says. Her choice was the last line of Toni Morrison's novel Sula: "It was a ...

Where to begin? I have asked myself this question dozens of times, gazing at a blank page. As if I needed to find the one, the only sentence that would give me entry into the writing of the book and ...

People will advise you to write all sorts of sentences. Snappy sentences, lyrical sentences, Hemingway-esque short sentences, long Faulknerian sentences. But there’s really only one kind of sentence ...

What is the most beautiful sentence in the English language? Drew Barrymore once said the most beautiful phrase is “cellar door,” so that’s conclusive. But what about the most beautiful sentence?