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War and Peace and Anna Karenina are among my all time favorite books. Tolstoy knows what is going on in his character's heads better than anybody. What say you?

Yes, great writer for sure

He has pride of place on my shelves

Too bad he kind of lost it right before he died and denounced most of his work. Even though his books are usually very thick, who'd complain about long books if they keep their greatness?

Vogin wrote:Too bad he kind of lost it right before he died and denounced most of his work. Even though his books are usually very thick, who'd complain about long books if they keep their greatness?

I remember watching The Last Station sometime ago and it gave a very sad picture of his last days ... rather awful and depressing really.

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Vogin wrote:Too bad he kind of lost it right before he died and denounced most of his work. Even though his books are usually very thick, who'd complain about long books if they keep their greatness?

I remember watching The Last Station sometime ago and it gave a very sad picture of his last days ... rather awful and depressing really.

Oh yeah, I remember hearing this story on high school and made me wondering if I too will be caught by my own demons once I grow old...

Mel Carriere wrote:War and Peace and Anna Karenina are among my all time favorite books. Tolstoy knows what is going on in his character's heads better than anybody. What say you?

I have read "War and Peace" twice and will go back again some day, it is one of my favourites. I have never read Anna Karenina, maybe I should read it before going back for another go at War and Peace.

Anna Karenina is as good as War and Peace. It has the best scene of an expecting father I have ever read. Is there a fine line between genius and insanity on which the great artists continually teeter?

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Anna Karenina is probably my all time favorite female character in literature ... a brilliant work that I find myself coming back to again and again.

War and Peace is probably my favorite book. I have a compilation book where he discuses theology. It is interesting to see how directly he applies his internal struggles to his characters. Very few writers deserve to listed in the same sentence imho.

I absolutely adored 'War and Peace' despite its huge size. I think, it was at least 900 pages and for over a month, I was transported to Russia and Spain, in the company of Napoleon. I especially liked the recurring theme of war and peace, that Tolstoy maintained throughout the book.

I would love to read Anna Karanina someday. Any lead about its story or plot is welcome.

I've just finished 'Anna Karenina' and have ranked it among my favourites. Throughout the read I was impressed at how well Tolstoy wrote. I don't recall ever being so fond of an author's ability to play a film in my mind. I plan on reading 'War and Peace' after a few light reads.

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I have enjoyed his work ' The Kingdom of God is within you" and War & Peace