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message 1: by Malcolm (new)

Malcolm Muscat Rodo (mrrodo) | 2 comments Hi, I have an old 1954 edition of Anna Karenina. But on attempts to edit the description (with the description I found on the back cover) I noticed two things.

1. The first paragraph of the description gets a bit opinion-y...and I'm not sure if I should add it.

'One of the great love stories of the world Anna Karenina is perhaps Tolstoy's most perfect work, and in this sweeping, crowded drama of Imperial Russia he amply demonstrates his maxim that the writer must love life and love his characters'

2. The description contains a spoiler for the end. Yes...and a pretty horrid one at that.

I don't know what I'm going to do in terms of the description. Should I even add it at all at this point?!


message 2: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Spoilers are a permanent 'NO'.

I would allow the other paragraph. Anna Karenina is undeniably one of the great books so that sort of comment is not unexpected. If it was some modern smartyboots just getting his/her name on the cover of a classic then I would most likely remove it but a generic 'damn, this is good' is OK by me.


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