Leo Tolstoy
Paperback | Pages: 672 pages Rating: 4.24 | 2798 Users | 228 Reviews
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| Title | : | War and Peace, V1 (War and Peace, 4 Volumes) |
| Author | : | Leo Tolstoy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 672 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2003 by IndyPublish.com (first published 1865) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. Russian Literature. Cultural. Russia. Roman |
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After years of lying to myself and others I finally read the entire book - completely on my IPhone no less. In my defense, I couldn't help lying. After working tirelessly to sustain a (minor) reputation as a reader (and quite knowledgable person)of 19th cetury Russian writers I found it impossible to admit I never read the biggest book of them all. Now that I have read it I can only say that the hype doesn't live up to the book. Sweeping historical movement combined with brilliant observations on the pettiness of everday life, topped off with unashamed religious / spiritual appeals moves this book to the top of my recommedation list. Don't be fooled as I was. Just because everyone says it's a great book doesn't mean it isn't.Define Books In Favor Of War and Peace, V1 (War and Peace, 4 Volumes)
| Original Title: | Война и мир, pt. 1/2 |
| ISBN: | 1404341676 (ISBN13: 9781404341678) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | War and Peace, 4 Volumes, Война и мир (4 volumes) #1-2 |
| Characters: | Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostova, Nikolai Rostov, Helene Kuragina, Vera Rostova, Prince Andrey Bokonsky, Boris Drubetskoy, Sonya Rostova, Napoleon Bonaparte, Anatole Kuragin, Mademoiselle Bourienne, Maria Bolkonskaya |
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Ratings: 4.24 From 2798 Users | 228 ReviewsEvaluation About Books War and Peace, V1 (War and Peace, 4 Volumes)
Probably redundant to say this is brilliant. All the characters are flawed flawed people and I love them so much. Heading to the second volume begging them all to sort their shit out. Pierre! Assert yourself properly! Maria! Believe in yourself! Andrei, I don't even know, you are both amazing and hopeless! Nikolai, stick to the army and the simple life! Dolohov die in the fires of eternal hell! Sonya, start cross-dressing more often, it suits you! Count Rostov, stop spending money!! As a sideWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy with fun provided by Woody AllenAnother version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... and http://realini.blogspot.ro/I have seen Love and Death by Woody Allen.Even if it is not exactly based on War and Peace it does appear to take some of the themes and laugh at them.Take Death, which is present in the title.There is a figure with a wrap and a sickle that walks around in the movie, taking various
Reading War and Peace was one of my goal of 2020 so I'm pretty happy that this crazy time is allowing me to do this. So far so good, I do struggle a lot to be interested and invested during the war parts of the book but I really enjoy the rest. Gonna take a break now that this first book is done but I'm excited to read the second one. (No rating because I want to rate the overall story and also it's kinda difficult to rate a book like that)
Undecided between a 4-star rating and a 5-star, so I'd rather pass that task. But this is obviously brilliant: I was in awe of the book's writing for the most part (Pierre is naturally amazing), and the last chapters were very gripping and interesting (and shocking). I'd say this had easily dethroned "The Brothers Karamazov" as the best book I've ever read, even having read just some part of "War and Peace," but somehow it lost steam. This is only the first book though, so maybe that will
Read my review on the Guardian Books Blog: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/books...
I've been debating whether or not I was supposed to rate this, considering it's only the first part of War and Peace, but I just read 900 pages and won that right.Anyway, I'm loving this novel so much. I'm way more invested in the peace parts, reading about the Russian aristocracy and their lives is always something I love. The characters are so flawed, so human and I can't wait to see the choices they'll make next (also I love Pierre despite his vices). I'm not the biggest fan of the war parts,
I could summarize by saying that after reading "The Miserables" of Hugo and "War and Peace" of Tolstoy, I have the feeling of being able to die in peace but fortunately I think to have still some beautiful years of reading in front of me, which will undoubtedly enable me to discover many literary masterpieces.With "War and Peace" we are witnessing the emergence of the epic adventure, the saga; as much to tell you that the screenwriter of the last adaptation of Tolstoy's novel in 2015 by the BBC
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