![]() ![]() It’s a minor gripe, but you know I’m right. ![]() Source: SBS Is "Leo" short for anything? What is Tolstoy hiding? Is this what Leo Tolstoy would have wanted? I don't know. “I’d always meant to get round to reading War and Peace,” said Paul Dano, who plays Pierre. Not even the people involved with the series could bring themselves to read this book until they were paid to Well, Clive (seriously, the name does ring a bell) seemed to enjoy the show. He says things like, “No human feeling was unknown to him,” which sounds like a very big compliment, if a bit difficult to prove. People who like the book also like the show You barely have time to read three-minute articles on your phone! How are you going to get through 1,255 pages? ![]() But you don’t have the time, I promise you. You don’t have the time to read this book The answer is that I just didn’t have 45 years to write this article. “Um, why didn’t you read the book for this article,” you might be asking. It’s four volumes, 1,255 pages weaving the lives of five aristocratic families (among roughly 600 characters) in 19th century Russia with religious philosophy, military strategy and economic theory. One of the most famous, if you believe what other people say about it. War and Peace is a very famous novel by Leo Tolstoy. ![]()
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