one novel is enough to learn English?

[Vaok]

Someone said the best way to learn English is to recite an English novel. The German arhaeologist Schliemann mastered 18 languages with this method. Is there anybody that happens to know the English novel Schliemann learned by heart? If not, would anybody recommend one for me?

[Bogdanno2]

I think it's not a good idea and almost impossible to memorize an entire novel.
But I find, by trial and error, to be very effective if you watch a favorite movie or read a novel over and over. The movie or novel should be one of your favorites. So the pick should be yours. While you read the novel, you may highlight words that you know, idioms, grammar usage and anything about language that is interesting to you.
It is still a memorization technique but an active one.