Summary: Everyone always talks about the greatest openings in the history of literature – I’m looking at you, Call me Ishmael – but what about endings? Aren’t those just as important? What are the different ways to end short stories and novels? Which endings work well and why? In this episode, Jacke and Mike take a look at great literary endings, with some assistance from David Lodge, Charles Baxter, Leo Tolstoy, James Joyce, Flannery O’Connor, Samuel Beckett, Iris Murdoch, Uncle Wiggily, The Third Man, Donald Barthelme, Alice Munro, Henry James, E.B. White, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mary Shelley, David Foster Wallace, O. Henry, Ian McEwan, Thomas Mann, and Joseph Conrad.<br> Show Notes: <br> We have a special episode coming up – listener feedback! Contact the host at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com or by leaving a voicemail at 1-361-4WILSON (1-361-494-5766).<br> You can find more literary discussion at <a href="http://www.jackewilson.com/">jackewilson.com</a> and more episodes of the series at <a href="http://www.historyofliterature.com/">historyofliterature.com</a>.<br> Check out our Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/historyofliterature/">facebook.com/historyofliterature</a>.<br> Music Credits:<br> “<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Advent_Chamber_Orchestra/Selections_from_the_November_2006_Concert/Advent_Chamber_Orchestra_-_04_-_Handel_-_Entrance_to_the_Queen_of_Sheba_for_Two_Oboes_Strings_and_Continuo_allegro">Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba</a>” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/">Free Music Archive</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/">CC by SA</a>).<br> <a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F59-great-literary-endings%2F&t=60%20Great%20Literary%20Endings&s=100&p%5Burl%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F59-great-literary-endings%2F&p%5Bimages%5D%5B0%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F08%2FLOGO-COVERS.jpeg%3Ffit%3D1200%252C628&p%5Btitle%5D=60%20Great%20Literary%20Endings" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F59-great-literary-endings%2F&text=Hey%20check%20this%20out" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-google_plus nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Google+" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F59-great-literary-endings%2F" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-reddit nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Reddit" href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F59-great-literary-endings%2F&title=60%20Great%20Literary%20Endings" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-bu..."></a>
