complete writings

Every authored piece

The complete writings of an author are the totality of their published and unpublished work, gathered into a single collection: the complete writings of Mark Twain.

Publishers use the phrase to signal comprehensiveness, distinguishing such volumes from selected works or anthologies that include only highlights.

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Selected passages from texts

selections · fragments · selected works · extracts · passages

editorial intervention

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Collected literary works volume

curated collection · best of · selected readings · reader

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Writings never formally released

lost works

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