Saturday, August 20, 2011

War and Peace / Leo Tolstoy - remaining 700 p. (Rosemary Edmonds translation)

What have I learned?


  • War is mostly a chaotic mess

  • Peace is no easy trick either, and consists mostly of a happy family life (I think)

  • It is better to be rich than poor, but poor people can be happy too

  • Wandering aimlessly around the Battle of Borodino is a BAD idea, right, Pierre?

And much more. I hope I get a chance to talk to someone about two characters who still intrigue me: Sonya and Denisov, who get rather shortchanged by Tolstoy, in my opinion.

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