It perhaps seems absurd, but the best way of grasping the significance of War and Peace might be by considering all the things that Tolstoy left out. The absurdity here stems from the obvious fact that this massive novel is famous for encompassing virtually everything, as even the title makes clear. The book is so sprawling and wordy that it has become …
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