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Arrhythmia posted:This book is long as hell. 
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May 22, 2023 11:27
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i doubt any human has read it cover to cover
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May 24, 2023 12:27
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Janitor Ludwich IV posted:i doubt any human has read it cover to cover I'm gonna I'm built different.
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May 24, 2023 13:39
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Lawman 0 posted:I'm gonna I'm built different. This.
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May 24, 2023 15:11
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I'm around page 400 or so and it's just so insanely engrossing.
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May 24, 2023 15:12
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it's a good book imo
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May 25, 2023 22:18
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It is a good book but if you're intimidated by its length you can just read the appendix where Tolstoy tells you what the themes are.
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May 26, 2023 19:10
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Angstrom Gothington posted:It is a good book but if you're intimidated by its length you can just read the appendix where Tolstoy tells you what the themes are. I'm not intimidated. I'm built different.
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May 26, 2023 19:28
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The movie already spoiled the ending for me unforch
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May 26, 2023 20:15
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do they pick war or peace at the end
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May 27, 2023 16:58
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Janitor Ludwich IV posted:i doubt any human has read it cover to cover I have
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May 28, 2023 02:56
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just started it earlier. good stuff so far
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May 29, 2023 06:12
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Angstrom Gothington posted:It is a good book but if you're intimidated by its length you can just read the appendix where Tolstoy tells you what the themes are. I confess to having done that.
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May 29, 2023 17:43
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i enjoyed war and peace. it has a scene with borzois in long dogs in a long book
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May 30, 2023 16:35
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:i enjoyed war and peace. it has a scene with borzois in Lol. There's a good part shortly before this where Natasha goes "oh pretty doggies  " and nikolai thinks "they're not dogs they're wolf hounds  "
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May 30, 2023 16:56
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Arrhythmia posted:Lol. There's a good part shortly before this where Natasha goes "oh pretty doggies lol Tolstoy owns
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May 30, 2023 21:47
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Janitor Ludwich IV posted:i doubt any human has read it cover to cover I have because it owns. maybe I should reread it again soon in a different translation
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May 30, 2023 22:07
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I read this in high school but it didn't stick with me then. Maybe I'll give it a reread.
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May 31, 2023 04:35
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finished book one. drat it's great
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tristeham posted:finished book one. drat it's great it's
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Jun 2, 2023 22:00
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Irl cackled with mischevious glee every time someone was like "we're surely going to beat the french here and now, at this small town, called Austerlitz"
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Arrhythmia posted:Irl cackled with mischevious glee every time someone was like "we're surely going to beat the french here and now, at this small town, called Austerlitz" lol yeah
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Jun 2, 2023 22:43
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I loving hate Anatole so much lol. loving little creep.
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I'm going to squish him. god. i hope napoleon shoots him.
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Jun 5, 2023 04:52
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I have a vague memory of hating Boris Dubretskoy too
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ulvir posted:I have a vague memory of hating Boris Dubretskoy too So far he's just been like... an empty social climber. IDK he hasn't really done anything except chase clout and paper, which I can't say I'm sympathetic towards but I also can't bring myself to hate him for it.
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took me a solid year to read on the shitter at work, couple of pages a day. a lot of it did not stick with me but the best parts (andrei and the old oak tree) are up there with some of the best fiction i've ever read
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One wonders if 'War and Peace' would have been as highly acclaimed as it was had it been published under its original title, 'War, What is it Good For?'
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Started twice and I crash out every time on the first party scene. I just can’t give enough poo poo about XIX century aristocracy and their problems.
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Feb 25, 2024 18:45
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Mokotow posted:Started twice and I crash out every time on the first party scene. I just can’t give enough poo poo about XIX century aristocracy and their problems. Not dissing you but a bit of an odd book choice then e: It occurs to me that you may not have known this about yourself before starting on War and Peace. I retract my remark. HopperUK fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Feb 25, 2024 |
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Books are a journey to self-discovery, yes. I guess I had an inklings of what I was getting into, but also, I feel I should read the classic. This one is just front-loaded (like Proust, say) and it has this wall in the first chapter that makes you go „nah, I’m not ready for this”.
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Mokotow posted:Books are a journey to self-discovery, yes. Never mind! You gave it a try. No sense hating it.
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Feb 25, 2024 19:17
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About 100 pages in, Tolstoy is really into being mean to kids.
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Mokotow posted:Started twice and I crash out every time on the first party scene. I just can’t give enough poo poo about XIX century aristocracy and their problems. you can skip ahead to page ... 800 or something? and then the end, for a couple of essays on history and wars
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