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Daniel Franya's avatar

I read War and Peace a couple years ago and it turned my grumpy and irritable personality around so needless to say, it's special to me. I can't wait to hear what you have to say about it.

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Tim DeMoss's avatar

that's a fantastic pitch. I can be grumpy and irritable and I wish I wasn't. excited to try!

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Daniel Franya's avatar

Definitely still have my days, but it's a beautiful novel that changed me. I'd recommend the Anthony Briggs translation. Tolstoy used like 3 or 4 different languages and Briggs puts them all in English and says what language they're speaking so it's super accessible.

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Jed Lingenfelter's avatar

I am a big fan of Russian lit but never really figured out why. This article really hits the mark I think.

Also, read The Idiot by Dostoevsky. Your third point about hope immediately made me think of the poor Prince Myshkin.

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Maeve's avatar

Tim, we are on the exact same journey it seems. I finished C&P a fortnight ago. I know I loved it, I know what it was *about*, but yet I don't think I could explain it lol. Starting War and Peace in September, I think/hope...

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Yash's avatar

i sent you a message but I recommend Anna Karenina, Tolstoys articulation is truly divine

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