#but ive been wanting 2 read this one soo bad .. sights set on pierre bezukhov .. the yearning . the philosophizing
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#i got war and peace today . leo tolstoy war and peace#character development bc i used to sparknote all my classics in hs sorry 😟#but ive been wanting 2 read this one soo bad .. sights set on pierre bezukhov .. the yearning . the philosophizing#and i rly enjoy the prose & syntax so far idk i was LOL i was gna read da 4mbessa book but ok trust im not hating im really not but i stared#at the first few pages and o was like i dont want to read this actually LMAOOO#im so pickyyy ab style >__<…. but ya i picked up the pevear and volokhonsky translation#and the intro page excites me . the drops dripped vs branches dripped translation debate sold me ykwim#ugh i love when the authors note goes into a little biography .. setting the scene for why the book was written / inciting events#and how critics regarded his style and what tolstoy wrote in later articles ab role of historian / role of artist and the unique nature of t#this book & how it can be classified . yes… YESSS!!! TEACH ME !#im emvarrassed to say . natasha pierre & the great comet of 1812 is probably one of if not my favorite musicals of all time#so im alr endeared too even if thats just a popularized rendition HAHAHAHA#and i was playing civ vi the other day when my great writer produced war and piece w an excerpt and i wa like ok o need to join the club its#about time#yaay . ok#anyways#im cold its been so cold this week
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