magnum opus

“Meanwhile, Lord Peter’s projected magnum opus on a-hundred-and-one ways of causing sudden death had advanced by the accumulation of a mass of notes which flowed all over the library at the flat, and threatened to engulf Bunter, whose task it was to file and cross-reference and generally to produce order from chaos.”

Unnatural Death

“I never expected to write my magnum opus long after I retired.”

Fictionaut: I Don’t Understand ?

“It was a matter of considerable grief to Mr Quarterstone that no genuine producer had ever been induced to see eye to eye with him on the subject of the superlative merits of that amorous masterpiece, so that after he had grown weary of collecting rejections Mr Quarterstone had been reduced to the practical expedient of using his magnum opus as one of the props in the more profitable but by no means less artistic drama from which he and Mr Urlaub derived their precarious incomes; but his loyalty to the child of his brain had never been shaken.”

The Saint on Guard

“We are reminded of NICOLAS FLAMEL (1330-1418), who is reputed to have achieved the magnum opus together with his wife PERNELLE, as well as of the many other women workers in the Art of whom we read.”

Bygone Beliefs

“His magnum opus was his edition of the Works of Dr. Thomas Reid, left unfinished, and completed by Mansel.”

A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

“The magnum opus of his literary activity is: "Fasciculus rerum expetendarum ac fugiendarum”

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

“His magnum opus entitled The Golden Bough comprises twelve volumes, an index and bibliographical volume, and a volume called Aftermath.”

ORIGINS OF RELIGION

“Eothen, a brilliant and original work of Eastern travel, published in 1844; but his magnum opus was his”

A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature