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Feb 20, 2008
Ken
rated it
it was amazing
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Wow. And I read it inside a week. This was back when I had a life. And I remember the wonderful winter scenes, the troikas racing across the snow, the squeaking runners, the crisp sound of the bells in the night and the carriages' cargo of silly humans dressed as mummers.
And I said to myself NOT what a wonderful world, but what a sensory world Tolstoy creates. He is, when all is said and done (and it admittedly never is), such a damned good sensuous writer. Solipsism at its best -- the kind we ...more
And I said to myself NOT what a wonderful world, but what a sensory world Tolstoy creates. He is, when all is said and done (and it admittedly never is), such a damned good sensuous writer. Solipsism at its best -- the kind we ...more
First read when I was 14 or so, then after I got out of high school, again in college, again years later.
The edition I had was a WWII printing, and drew parallels with Nazi invasion of Russia. It also came with a pamphlet explaining who was married to whom, how to pronounce the names, and so on. That helped.
I know it's long, and maybe it's tedious. All the films of it have been a disappointment.
The book has a great way of going between the general and particular, panoramic and if not microsco ...more
The edition I had was a WWII printing, and drew parallels with Nazi invasion of Russia. It also came with a pamphlet explaining who was married to whom, how to pronounce the names, and so on. That helped.
I know it's long, and maybe it's tedious. All the films of it have been a disappointment.
The book has a great way of going between the general and particular, panoramic and if not microsco ...more
Don't bother reading this. Read his Anna Karenina instead.
It's sooo much better and it's basically the same plot. The problem with war and peace is its alot about war... the tactics and the mindless moving of troops. It goes on for hundreds of pages without mentioning the main characters. It involves alot of the same themes and almost entirely the same character plots as Anna Karenina and that book is amazing. This one..... its one of the few novels I could barely get through.
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It's sooo much better and it's basically the same plot. The problem with war and peace is its alot about war... the tactics and the mindless moving of troops. It goes on for hundreds of pages without mentioning the main characters. It involves alot of the same themes and almost entirely the same character plots as Anna Karenina and that book is amazing. This one..... its one of the few novels I could barely get through.
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Will pick this one up again another time
Dec 30, 2007
George
marked it as to-read
Jan 05, 2008
ambermarie.
marked it as to-read
Feb 04, 2008
Clackamas
rated it
really liked it
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Nov 08, 2008
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
marked it as to-read
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Aug 01, 2009
Sandra
marked it as to-read
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Dec 30, 2010
Ken
rated it
it was amazing
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