Whent i first saw the thread title,i was very curious at how lenghty a review it would have taken you to discribe this book.I'm a bit desapointed
It was ten years ago that on a impulse i grabbed it,wanting to be done with a book that has a reputation of been long and boring.I loved it,and as i re-read Anna karenina a short time ago i think i even prefere war and peace.Like Hong it would be in my 20 best(if not in the 10).
My memorie is not to fresh but i vividly remeber the caractere of Peter,idealiste forced to envision the reality life through his contact with war,the fire of Moscou.Also his loved story and a betrayal that sickened me at the time but prouved uninportant in the light of the events.
And as alway with Tolstoy a personage very like himself,the gentelman farmer,the healthy ancor of the book.
I shall try to make a proper review on Anna karenina