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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy · translated by Aylmer Maude
Five families live through Napoleon's invasion of Russia, in the most famous long novel ever written.
- to read
- 39 h
- to read
- at 20 min a day
- 119 days
- at 20 min a day
- public domain
- Free
- public domain
What it’s about
Pierre, Andrei and Natasha grow up, fall in love, go to war and change, as Napoleon's army marches on Moscow.
It is huge, but its chapters are short, and many readers say finishing it is one of the best things they ever did.
- War and history
- Love
- How to live
Why people stop, and how to finish
Size, hundreds of characters, and Tolstoy's long essays on history near the end.
What helps: Treat it as a year-long project: about 25 minutes a day. Keep a list of the main families.
At 20 minutes a day you’ll reach the last page in about 119 days.
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