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Works of Leo Tolstoy: Introduction

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Tolstoy, Leo

Tolstoy, Leo
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Introduction

Leo Tolstoy's major work, War and Peace, is surely one of the most
exciting novels ever written. It is also one of the greatest masterpieces of
world literature. Yet it is one of those books which more people read about
than actually read.

Reasons For Greatness:

There are reasons for this. It is a very long novel, over 1600 pages, as
thick with experience and dense with characters and settings as life itself.
It is, in fact, a whole new world. The reader may be somewhat overawed by
its length, its bulk, and this may deter him from one of ...

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