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War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Start date: April 1, 2024

Finish date: June 30, 2024

Why we're reading this: Long Read Classic 2nd Quarter 2024

Long Read Classic Group Read, 1st & 2nd quarter, 2014
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Long Read Classic Group Read, 1st & 2nd quarter, 2014

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Feb 24, 2015 Ashley rated it it was amazing

"All we can know is that we know nothing. And that's the height of human wisdom." W&P

I am not sure where to start. This makes since I think since the book is over 1000+ pages. I think I will start with how this book left me... Too soon.

I was not ready for the ride to be over. I had grown attached to the many characters of this epic novel. I wanted to know what happened next in the third generation. I wanted to know so much more.

Some believe this book to be a difficult read, maybe due to the fact ...more

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Aug 25, 2018 Nina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, classics, read-harder-challenge-2018, history

Simply brilliant, though I agree with other reviewers that the second epilogue could use a lot of trimming, if not a full excision. Tolstoy repeats himself repetitively. His ideas about history are interesting, but not interesting enough to justify the length of his dissertation about them. Nevertheless, this is merely a minor quibble. The book itself is nothing short of a masterpiece and rightly deserves its reputation as one of the best novels ever written.

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