Pros: As the Men's Wearhouse guy would say: "You're gonna like this book...I guarantee it." Cons: You may not fall in love with it until you've waded in a bit...
History is the life of nations and humanity. To sieze and put into words...the life of humanity, or even of a single nation appears impossible. Though Tolstoy opens his second epilogue to War and Peace with this statement, most ...
Pros: The humanization. Characters. Conduction. Cons: Not terribly clever. Long?
Most intelligentsia consider Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace to be the greatest of all great novels. It's "greatness" is a double-entendre: any novel with small text and big pages measuring over thirteen-hundred pages has earned the ...
Pros: Rich and brilliantly created portrait of a lost world. Cons:LONG. Often difficult, sometimes confusing, and always dense. Much context not explained.
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Bonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist -- I really believe he is ...
Pros: The most perceptive book I've ever read. Cons: The reputation makes it somewhat intimidating to start.
I can honestly say that War and Peace is one of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read. In brief, it is set in the historical landscape of Napoleon’s wars against Austria, Prussia, England and Russia in the early 19th century. The Russian army sets...
Pros: A novel of near-universal capaciousness, peddling its stunning grasp of humanity, history and philosophy through a huge number of convincingly drawn characters. Cons: No sequel. You will be left wishing there were more.
Some many decades ago, in the years following World War II, a college professor was traveling by train in New England. Seated with him in the compartment was a stranger grousing about the laxity of American education. “What do you mean?” asked the...
Pros: An exceptional look at Russian and Napoleonic history. Cons: Very, very long!
If you crave good literature then Leo Tolstoy's novel, 'War and Peace', is a must. I read this at school and frankly it is long and you need to be a die hard literature buff to endure some of its longish passages. However, this should not put even the...
Pros: Engaging characters and situations - a fairly quick read for most sections. Cons: Large number of characters can confuse an unobservant reader.
War & Peace is one of those books (much like Moby Dick or Ulysses) that everyone claims to have read but few people actually do. And little wonder - its over 1400 pages, translated from Russian, has French and Russian diminutives (yes, for the same...
Pros: Excellent. Live in the exciting political world of Europe in the 19th century Cons: Some may be intimidated by a 1400 page novel. Translation of such a work takes away from original fluidity of language
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In the world of literature, there is a place set aside for the greatest of all novelists-what else can be said of the author of 'War and Peace'?... With every description intact and every aspect of life...
Pros: A wonderfully detailed epic about people and relationships Cons: Too long...or too short
When most people think of War and Peace, usually the word 'long' comes to mind, possibly mingled with words such as foreign, boring, difficult, and too many pages!
That's what I first thought, and I would cringe just thinking...
Pros: One of the best novels ever Cons: It is long
The book is long. Nothing changes the fact that War and Peace is one of the longer tales ever penned. The question remains "Is it worth it?" Yes, yes it is.
Tolstoy captures so much of the human, but more precisely, the Russian...
Pros: This book has become like a bible to live by for me (an adamant atheist). Cons: A lot of the essays become redundant toward the end.
I am originally from Russia. Thus, reading "War and Peace" was almost a prerequisite for me (being a Russian and all). Since I was not sure if I could handle reading the book on my own, I took a class in college entitled "War and Peace" and taught by...
Pros: Masterfully written, heart-wrenching protagonists, keen psychological insight Cons: A bit wordy at times, tends to abbreviate some scenes
Tolstoy achieves an epic for the ages. He masters his protagonists (Bolkonsky and Bezuhov) using their shortcomings to enhance their human qualities. Although some portions seem unnecessarily abbreviated (Lisa's death), Tolstoy masters understatement...
Pros: Great book! Vivid description! Cons: At times the writer gives historical accounts which are sometimes slow.
It's not so often that I come across such a wonderful novel as 'War and Peace'. The title may give the allusion it is one of those books that gives meaningless descriptions of wars and battles. Well, on the contrary Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' is about...
Pros: Amazingness the whole way trhough. . . Cons: That is a long way.
I just started reading War and Peace for the third time. I was astounded to find that I was still noticing things I didn't catch the first two times. My guess is I'll notice things my 10th time through that I didn't catch still.
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