I started “Give War and Peace a Chance” by Andrew Kaufman yesterday in prep for beginning “War and Peace ” soon. This time I am going to get through it. I previously read about 500 pages before getting distracted by library books
Yes, three times. It’s considered a great book for a reason with some of the best battle scenes ever written. I think many people have a hard time with Russian names. Keep photocopied list (so you don’t have to keep turning back) out while you read. It won’t take long to get used to it. I got through Tolstoy a lot easier than Dickens.
I found this online, and put it into a word document that I can pull up on my phone:
The Bezukhovs
Count Cyril Bezukhov Count Pyotr Kirillovich (Pierre) Bezukhov, his son Princess Catiche, Pierre’s cousin
The Rostovs
Count Ilya Andreyevich Rostov Countess Nataly Rostova, his wife Count Nikolai (Nicholas) Ilyich Rostov, their elder son Peter Ilyich (Petya) Rostov, their second son Countess Vera Ilyinichna Rostova, their elder daughter Countess Nataly Ilyinichna (Natasha) Rostova, their younger daughter Sofia Alexandrovna (Sonya) Rostova, a poor member of the Rostov family circle Adolf Karlovich Berg, an officer of German extraction who marries Vera The Bolkonskys Prince Nicholas Bolkonsky, a retired General-in-Chief Prince Andrew Nikolayevich Bolkonsky, his son Princess Mary (Masha) Nikolayevna Bolkonskaya, his daughter Princess Elizabeth Bolkonskaya (Lise), Andrew’s wife Tikhon, Prince Nicholas’s attendant Alpatych, his steward
The Kuragins
Prince Vasily Sergeyevich Kuragin Prince Hippolyte Kuragin, his elder son Prince Anatole Kuragin, his younger son Princess Hélène Kuragina (Lelya), his daughter, who marries Pierre
Other Characters
Princess Anna Mikhaylovna Drubetskaya Prince Boris Drubetskoy, her son Julie Karagina, an heiress who marries Boris Maria Dmitryevna Akhrosimova Bilbin, a diplomat Vasily Dmitrich Denisov (Vaska), an hussar officer Lavrushka, his batman Fyodor Ivanovich Dolokhov (Fedya), an officer and desperado Anna Pavlovna Sherer (Annette), Maid of Honour to the ex-Empress Marya Fedorovna
I read it a few years ago.
No, and never will.
Yes. It was “consuming”
and worth it
Love it!
I read it over the holidays and loved it
I just started reading that yesterday!
4 times, as a kid (12) teen (19 I think) once in my twenties and again last year.
❤️ Tolstoj!
May I suggest The Cossacks next?
@Karolina Let’s try to get through this one first. ??
@Karolina yikes!
It’s too intimidating ?
Long time ago
I started “Give War and Peace a Chance” by Andrew Kaufman yesterday in prep for beginning “War and Peace ” soon. This time I am going to get through it. I previously read about 500 pages before getting distracted by library books
Yes, three times. It’s considered a great book for a reason with some of the best battle scenes ever written. I think many people have a hard time with Russian names. Keep photocopied list (so you don’t have to keep turning back) out while you read. It won’t take long to get used to it. I got through Tolstoy a lot easier than Dickens.
I found this online, and put it into a word document that I can pull up on my phone:
The Bezukhovs
Count Cyril Bezukhov
Count Pyotr Kirillovich (Pierre) Bezukhov, his son
Princess Catiche, Pierre’s cousin
The Rostovs
Count Ilya Andreyevich Rostov
Countess Nataly Rostova, his wife
Count Nikolai (Nicholas) Ilyich Rostov, their elder son
Peter Ilyich (Petya) Rostov, their second son
Countess Vera Ilyinichna Rostova, their elder daughter
Countess Nataly Ilyinichna (Natasha) Rostova, their younger daughter
Sofia Alexandrovna (Sonya) Rostova, a poor member of the Rostov family circle
Adolf Karlovich Berg, an officer of German extraction who marries Vera
The Bolkonskys
Prince Nicholas Bolkonsky, a retired General-in-Chief
Prince Andrew Nikolayevich Bolkonsky, his son
Princess Mary (Masha) Nikolayevna Bolkonskaya, his daughter
Princess Elizabeth Bolkonskaya (Lise), Andrew’s wife
Tikhon, Prince Nicholas’s attendant
Alpatych, his steward
The Kuragins
Prince Vasily Sergeyevich Kuragin
Prince Hippolyte Kuragin, his elder son
Prince Anatole Kuragin, his younger son
Princess Hélène Kuragina (Lelya), his daughter, who marries Pierre
Other Characters
Princess Anna Mikhaylovna Drubetskaya
Prince Boris Drubetskoy, her son
Julie Karagina, an heiress who marries Boris
Maria Dmitryevna Akhrosimova
Bilbin, a diplomat
Vasily Dmitrich Denisov (Vaska), an hussar officer
Lavrushka, his batman
Fyodor Ivanovich Dolokhov (Fedya), an officer and desperado
Anna Pavlovna Sherer (Annette), Maid of Honour to the ex-Empress Marya Fedorovna
yes. under duration.
At the age of 17
I started it many years ago, but you have piqued my interest in reading it again. 🙂
I loved that book and read it on a trip to Portugal so it also has memories of a wonderful trip attached to it.
I completed it in January Maude’s translation, didn’t like it very much ,could have read other books by other Russian authors?
Yes – loved it!!!
Amazing book ❤️
Yes. I took it with me to the hospital when I had my wisdom teeth cut out. The anesthesiologist told me I wouldn’t be there THAT long …lol
Yes. It’s one of my favourite classics.