Sunday, September 10, 2006

Taking on Tolstoy ...

... On finishing the masterpiece. (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

I agree with a lot of this. I don't think War and Peace is the greatest novel ever written. I don't even think it's Tolstoy's best. Anna Karenina is better. I also agree that the second epilogue is an anti-climax and may, without any loss, be skipped. As for Bayley's intro - haven't read it.

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