1. It is worth noting that the Russian original of War and Peace starts as follows:
Eh bien, mon prince. Gênes et Lucques ne sont plus que des apanages, des ????????, de la famille Buonaparte. Non, je vous préviens que si vous ne me dites pas que nous avons la guerre, si vous vous permettez encore de pallier toutes les infamies, toutes les atrocités de cet Antichrist (ma parole, j'y crois) — je ne vous connais plus, vous n'êtes plus mon ami, vous n'êtes plus ??? ?????? ???, comme vous dites ??, ????????????, ????????????. Je vois que je vous fais peur, ???????? ? ?????????????.
Hehe. Yes. I did start reading the Russian copy you sent me, and at the time I was very grateful for the French.
I look forward to picking it up again when I become either unemployed or retired.
*MySmiley*
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Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
- 21/02/2011 01:05:49 AM
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Some thoughts on the book
- 21/02/2011 02:49:33 AM
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Translation was by Louise and Aylmer Maude (1920s)
- 21/02/2011 03:11:25 AM
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Without knowing anything about the translation, it already sounds terrible.
- 21/02/2011 05:06:53 AM
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It's readable, provided you know so little of Russia and its court circles of the time
- 21/02/2011 05:34:56 AM
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Re: It's readable, provided you know so little of Russia and its court circles of the time
- 27/02/2011 01:04:50 AM
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Re: Some thoughts on the book
- 21/02/2011 01:49:55 PM
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I read it when I was 19 (Jesus Christ, that is almost 10 years ago)
- 21/02/2011 01:48:16 PM
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When I first visited wotmania, I was 25. I turn 37 in less than five months 
- 21/02/2011 06:40:07 PM
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- 21/02/2011 06:40:07 PM
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Hey ya know what I read the most unbelievable thing about Tolstoy the other day ...
- 22/02/2011 12:46:37 AM
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