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Leo Tolstoy

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  • 11-04-2006 11:41pm
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    Valmont
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    I just finished reading 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich'. It was a powerful book with razor sharp insight. I was very impressed and does anyone have any advice on what novel I should read next? The size of War and Peace has always intimidated me.


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    Dagnir Glaurung
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    I don't particulary recommend reading War and Peace next. About a third of it is (boring in my opinion) essays which made reading it less pleasant than it should have been. Anna Karenina is more enjoyable. It's a big fecker too though.


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    Tristram
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    Check out some of the short stories.

    Better yet, skip Tolstoy and move on to Dostoevsky.The Idiot is an absolutely incredible book, one of my absolute favourites.


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    Valmont
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    I'll be honest, I tried to read the Idiot and I enjoyed what I read but I just found it far to slow moving. At one stage he went to some guys house (vague, I know) for a chat (just before he went to the country) and I swear the conversation seemed to go on for thousands of pages and it just seemed to be mindless banter. I might have another crack at it, I always wondered what happened to Prince Myshkin, he was a likeable character. (no spoilers!)


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    Tristram
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    hehe

    Try it again!


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