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How accurate is war and peace?
War and Peace is broadly accurate in terms of the historical events and figures involved in them. But while true to the facts, Tolstoy put a spin on them to serve various purposes in the novel.
Is War and Peace considered a long book?
‘Just 1,238 pages to go’: could you read War and Peace in a week? 8 It’s quite a long novel, but not absurdly long. You’ll read War and Peace in 10 days, maximum. Many people find the first 100 pages dauntingly full of characters, and only then does it seem to smooth out and become lucid.
How long did it take to write the book War and Peace?
six years
Writing War and Peace Tolstoy wrote War and Peace over the course of six years.
Is the BBC war and peace good?
Exciting, Romantic, And Great Fun To Watch! I read Tolstoy’s WAR AND PEACE when I was fifteen, and over the years I’ve read it so many times that the characters are almost like friends and family. And I have to say that on the whole this BBC adaptation was exciting, romantic, and great fun to watch!
When did Tolstoy start writing War and Peace?
War and Peace
Front page of War and Peace, first edition, 1869 (Russian) | |
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Author | Leo Tolstoy |
Publisher | The Russian Messenger (serial) |
Publication date | Serialised 1865–1867; book 1869 |
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Is War and Peace a good book?
All of the excuses people give for why they don’t want to read War and Peace — it’s crushingly long, it has 5 billion characters, it features long digressions about the nature of history (including a 35-page subtweet of the historians of Tolstoy’s day that ends the novel) — are fair. It is a long book, and it does have lots of characters.
Can I just skip the war parts and only read Peace?
7 Anyone who tells you that you can skip the “War” parts and only read the “Peace” parts is an idiot. The bits that interest you personally and the bits that you find of only abstract curiosity are going to change when you read the book at 20, and again at 50.
How does reading War and Peace Change Your Life?
Rarely it happens that after you read a book, it becomes a milestone in your life. Something inside you changes. Looking at the sky or gazing at the distant mountains now stirs up something profound in your heart. This is the effect reading war and peace had on me and I’am sure it would do it for you too.
What happens at the end of war and peace?
The characters in War and Peace endure extreme experiences, and emerge at the end as quite different people. The miracle of the book is that the Natasha who falls in love with anyone and everyone in the ballrooms of the opening is recognisably the same woman who withdraws from society at the end.