Having watched the original BBC drama dvd I wanted to read the book to see how accurate it was. I am currently 450 pages through and am not disappointed. I think it may help that I know the story already but I still find it a compelling read. My only criticism is having to look elsewhere in the book for the English translation of long passages in French. Thankfully there are not many of these and I have decided to finish the book and then look up the translations later.
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Thoroughly enjoying reading War and Peace during lock down. Beautifully written. History, romance, war, peace and intrigue are all displayed on this compelling story. Only reading twenty pages a day to pace myself which will take eight weeks as it comprises of over twelve hundred pages. The Russian surnames take some getting into but well worth the effort.
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Don't be put off by the length of this great novel, it is superbly written and very hard to put down.
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Very small print but brilliant 👏
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