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War and Peace
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in its entirety in 1869. Epic in scale, it is regarded as one of the central works of world literature. War and Peace and Tolstoy's other major prose work, Anna Karenina (187377), are considered Tolstoy's finest literary achievements. War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events surrounding the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families. Portions of an earlier version of the novel, then known as The Year 1805, were serialized in the magazine The Russian Messenger between 1865 and 1867. The novel was first published in its entirety in 1869. Newsweek in 2009 ranked it first in its list of the Top 100 Books. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 20 on theBBC's survey The Big Read. Tolstoy himself, somewhat enigmatically, said of War and Peace that it is "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle". Large sections of the work, especially in the later chapters, are philosophical discussion rather than narrative. He went on to elaborate that the best Russian literature does not conform to standards and hence hesitated to call War and Peace a novel. Instead, he regarded Anna Karenina as his first true novel.
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'Love gets in the way of death. Love is life. Every single thing I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything exists - only because I love. Everything is bound up with love, and love alone. Love is God, and dying means me, a tiny particle of love, going back to its universal and eternal source.'

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TheLudicReader
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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Ahh the classics. What‘s your favourite? Which one have you never read, but you‘d like to. Which one would you like to read again?
My favourite is probably Jane Eyre or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or A Little Princess or Little Women. I cut my reading teeth on the classics.
I have never read Middlemarch.
I would like to re-read Wuthering Heights.
Feel free to play along.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/100-must-read-classic-books.html

Tiffiney I loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn! Struggled through Wuthering Heights. I've never read Jane Eyre. 4y
MsMelissa My favourite is Persuasion. Have always wanted to read Anna Karenina, but so far my attempts have failed. 4y
rubyslippersreads ❤️ Jane Eyre, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, all of Jane Austen, and Vanity Fair. Middlemarch is still on my TBR list, along with War & Peace. (edited) 4y
CaffeineAndCandy 💜💜💜😂 4y
Tamra Yikes, too many! 😳 4y
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bibliobliss
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Moreover, he could see by her manners that she was one of those women--mostly mothers--who, having once made up their minds, will not rest until they have gained their end, and are prepared if necessary to go on insisting day after day and hour after hour, and even to make scenes. This last consideration moved him.

#currentlyreading #currentsituation #classicliterature #russianliterature #leotolstoy #warandpeace

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kalivha
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"If many simultaneously and variously directed forces act on a given body, the direction which that body will take cannot be the course of any one of the forces individually – it will always follow an intermediate, as it were, shortest path, or what is represented in mechanics by the diagonal of a parallelogram of forces." – Tolstoy at it again with the physics metaphors

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rakeshpm
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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Catherine_Willoughby @rakeshpm its a hard book. I never made it past page 50 😔. 5y
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melissajayne
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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My stack of books and dvds for the next two months to wait out COVID plus the stuff in my backpack and on my tablet. I‘m preparing for the worst case scenario and hoping for the best (and yes, I‘ll have to bring it ALL back again). A reader is always prepared. Don‘t worry the cooler is only for food from my fridge I‘m taking up. Yes there are books in the suitcase. #havebookswilltravel

melissajayne I‘m going to my parents since I‘m out of work and have no need to stay home. Don‘t worry we will stay in place and not do much. I‘m single so I can do this. (edited) 5y
catiewithac We‘re in this together!! #LitsyStrong 📚🤓 5y
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suzie.reads
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I loved this ❤ Can't believe I've never read this before now, my mum had all his books when I was younger. So beautifully written.
#mmdchallenge a classic I never read in school #ReadingEurope2020 #Russia (8th country)

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julesG
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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#friyayintro @howjessreads

1) probably the only way to get this read
2) both - prefer woollen socks when it's cold but love to go barefoot most of the time.
3) 2.500m(?) in the Alps
4) seafood
5) don't think so

Sharpeipup That‘s how I feel about War & Peace too! 🤣 5y
Cathythoughts Would love to read tagged book someday 5y
LiljaPleasant Sure you wanna take that on an island? 😅 5y
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LiljaPleasant Oh an no.4 - same here!! 5y
julesG @LiljaPleasant Not sure at all. I'd rather take my Kindle and a solar panel charger. 5y
LiljaPleasant @julesG hihihi. Yeah, that's a good idea. 😁 And one might have war and peace on the kindle. So you could still decide if you want to read it 5y
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TheKidUpstairs
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From Leo's Toystore by Warren somebody...

#Doctor #QuotsyJune19 @TK-421

HOTPock3tt Lol 6y
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gingerandjazz
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Rainy day means copious amounts of tea and reading.

Art1 great work from the brilliant Russian writer 6y
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bookseller_cate
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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It seems Zelda approves of my reading-nook-in-progress. 😻 Chair from my mom. Tolstoy throw cushion from RedBubble via a gift card from my best friend.

I just need to declutter and move some things and I will have a lovely reading spot. I will post pics when it‘s done.

#readingspot #catsoflitsy

BookishMarginalia She‘s beautiful! #CatsofLitsy 6y
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Bookloverraja
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Literary masterpiece

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Balibee146
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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Picked these up on Kindle as, you know, don't want to risk having nothing to read....Slightly ashamed to admit that with a Masters in English Lit I've yet to read these classics.....ah well there's still time before I die ha ha 😰😱🙃
#cantstopwontstop #mountTBR

Cathythoughts Great books !! That I havnt read either .... but I know they will be brilliant ♥️👍🏻 6y
Amiable I finally read "W&P" a few years ago. I was pleasantly surprised by how accessible it was. I think it always seemed a bit "scary" to me-- probably because of its length! But it was an effortless read with a good story. 6y
Balibee146 @Cathythoughts 👍👍 @Amiable that's great to hear 😁 6y
Logan_Pittman The conversations between Count Bezuhov and Prince Andrei are very well written and full truth. 6y
Logan_Pittman I particularly remember, among other scenes, the scene when Bezuhov and Andrei discuss what harm is. 6y
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kaysworld1
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My amazing parcel from @Erofan came today.
I am so happy. #ILoveRussia

Anna keep an eye out for a Christmas box 💝😊

Erofan I'm so glad you enjoyed! ❤ Thanks for X-mas box! 😘😘😘 6y
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Author_Chelsea_Warren_PA
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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#favoritebookmemes @Trashcanman

This is how I live my life, with a huge pile of books on hand!

Trashcanman Lmao same here! I thought I've been fooling my wife lately by buying kindle books until she busted me! Lmao thanks for playing 🙂 6y
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Author_Chelsea_Warren_PA
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

I'm thinking my first Audiobook I'll be listening to during my housework will be War and Peace. It's my all time favorite work of classic literature, yet I have never heard the audiobook version. There's always a first for everything!

Deblovestoread You will have to let me know how the audio book is. War and Peace is a favorite of mine as well. 6y
Author_Chelsea_Warren_PA @Kdgordon88 I certainly will! ☺ 6y
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5280reader
War and Peace: World Classics | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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A favorite episode of It‘s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ! #sunnyread #riotgrams #gar