I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I been there before.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Not sure how “great” it is in the artistic sense, but the most effective last sentence in any novel, for me, was:
“Darling,” it said.
No spoiler, really. If you know, you know.
And another excellent example, B.
“Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
— George Orwell, Animal Farm
Excellent choice, C.