Some Jehovah say a work of prowess is never finished , just abandoned . Others would indicate out that seriously , these are n’t finish .
1.The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer ’s taradiddle promise two story by Pilgrim on the elbow room to Canterbury , and another two stories on the way back home . But you never say those stories in gamey school English because Chaucer never got around to stop them . Scholars find fault Geoffrey Chaucer ’s busy business life — he puzzle out at the Port of London , move to Kent to be the Justice of Peace , later play as a fellow member of Kent ’s parliament , and then shuttled back to London as a clerk for the King .
2. Mozart’sRequiem
Mozart died while compose theRequiem . Since he received only half the defrayment for the composition up - front , his wife tried hiring someone else to on the Q.T. eat up the musical composition so she could collect the rest of the money . It was eventually polish off by Franz Xaver Süssmayr , and has since undergo many other rescript .
3.The Brothers Karamazov
Anyone who ’s read Dostoyevsky ’s philosophical tome may think it ’s long enough . But it was supposed to be just “ Part One ” of a large oeuvre called , The Life of a Great Sinner . But a few month after finishingBrothers , Dostoyevsky gave up the ghost . We can only assume his funeral - goers corrode pancakes after .
4. David/Apollo
scholar ca n’t fit whether Michelangelo ’s sculptural creation is a David or an Apollo — but they all agree that , for whatever understanding , it was n’t finished . They ’re not sure why .
5. Raphael’sTransfiguration
Although it ’s conceive one of his near whole shebang , Raphael left 16 sections of the painting unfinished when he give out . assistant had to finish some of the public figure at the lower left .
6. The portrait of Franklin D Roosevelt
The water-colour by Elizabeth Shoumatoff was painted on April 12 , 1945 at Roosevelt ’s Georgia retreat , the Little White House . The duo took a break for lunch , where the President complained , “ I have a terrific pain in the back of my capitulum . ” He slump in his chair and was shortly declared stagnant from a shot . Shoumatoff later finished a 2d version , but the original remain uncomplete .
7. The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
The towering church in upper Manhattan is one of the large cathedral in the world , but that does n’t mean it ’s complete . twist begin in 1892 and was on - again , off - again . It ’s still missing its spire .
8. Coleridge’sKubla Khan
The write up move that Coleridge took some tincture of opium , fell asleep , and woolgather up the poem in its integrality . He awake in a doped - up stupor and initiate scribbling . But he was interrupted before he could finish and had to bequeath for an 60 minutes on business . When Coleridge returned to turn on the verse form , his inspiration — and his buzz — was kick the bucket .
