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Just came in the mail. What am I in for?

>> No.16030307

looks like war and peace by leo tolstoy

>> No.16030309

>>16030279
Few lads casually throwing bears out of windows for 1000 pages. For the banter, like.

>> No.16030321

>>16030279
Probably Boйнa и Mиp

>> No.16030327

Tedious read don't bother

>> No.16030361
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>>16030279
really excited for you to read the bee chapter desu

>> No.16030367

You probably shouldn't ejaculate in the mail. You could get arrested.

>> No.16030396

>>16030279
I want it desu but i have 3 unread books on my shelf

>> No.16030905

>>16030279
Don't be afraid to skip past Tolstoy's musings on his theory of history. They are interspersed throughout the book with the biggest section right at the end (the last 50 pages).

Other than that, enjoy. I thought it was fantastic.

>> No.16030927

>>16030905
Why should he skip the best part?

>> No.16030937

>>16030927
>the best part
you mean the bee chapter

>> No.16030939

>>16030927
I never said he SHOULD skip it, but if he feels like it's too much of a slog to skip it. It doesn't detract, or really add, anything to the plot.

>> No.16030942

>>16030279
What edition is that I need it

>> No.16031118

You read War and Peace, you will get War and Society

>> No.16031154

>>16030279
I have this version without the cardboard case, and I haven't read it yet, but looking at your edition I got worried I was missing a book.

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>>16031154
forgot pic

>> No.16031287

>>16030937
>the best part
you mean the chapter where Nikolai's regiment is resting at some inn and they force the doctors fiancee to stir sugar into their tea with her finger as she blushes to the point of tears multiple times

>> No.16031301

>>16031287
Is the tea hot?

>> No.16031317

>>16031301
It was water from a samovar so yes

"Use your finger, Mary Hendrikhovna, it will be still nicer," said Rostov.

"Too hot!" she replied, blushing with pleasure."

>> No.16031329

>>16031317
What the fuck

>> No.16031340

>>16031287
I've often wondered how those felt being around an army. You're outnumbered 5000-1, and you know all the men want to fuck your brains out.

Do women like that? or do they feel intimidated?

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>>16031340
>Do women like that? or do they feel intimidated?
Yes.

>> No.16031371

>>16030309
based

>> No.16031381

A good read, in large part because it provides the perfect juxtaposition with Hadji Murad. I find it quite incredible to see the development in Tolstoy to the point that he is able to surpass his achievements in War and Peace in a far, far more compact narrative.

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>>16031287
For me, its the bees.

>> No.16031422

raskolnikoff is sent to siberia in the end, faggot

>> No.16031435

>>16031413
Wonder what Tolstoy would have thought about genes

>> No.16031440

>>16030279
Unironically just watch the mini series it's the same thing but quicker and more enjoyable.

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Be sure to watch the goat-tier film, too.

>> No.16031494

>>16031413
>ultimate purpose is beyond our comprehension
hot take: intrinsic purpose does not exist in this absurd instance of reality nor any. having a large vocabulary does not mean you're smart or you'd know that life has no meaning

>> No.16031627

>>16031440
unironically so wrong

>> No.16031634

>>16030279
one of the most based reads of any book

>> No.16031646

>>16031452
That's the best piece of cinema in existence.

>> No.16031668

>>16031627
Prove it

>> No.16031712

>>16031422
kek even as bait is good

>> No.16031718

>>16030942
Everymans library

>> No.16031795

>>16030361
that's on Anna Karenina

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>>16031795
there are bees in both desu >>16031413
In War & Peace it is one of the segmented chapters - a digression on human knowledge in history.
In Anna Karenina it is part of Levin's farming simulator addiction.
Tolstoy liked bees, as all great minds have and will.

>> No.16031859

>>16031846
Based and beepilled.

>> No.16032953

>>16030279
For me its Marya.

>> No.16033072

>>16030279
Peace then war then peace then war then peace? Then war then "peace."

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>> No.16033311

>>16030279
That looks really nice. Wait, it's not just one books.
Holy fuck what a piece of shit

>> No.16033341

>What am I in for
Shelf ornaments