WAR AND PEACE!!!!!
I finally started it a few days ago. Tolstoy is so adroit in crafting his narrative; he is able to tell the great story of the Russian resistance through small social events, and the interactions between the different main characters. And while describing the impending crisis that's about to befall Russia, he vividly portrays the different attitudes of the different characters, be it scheming, kind-hearted, idealistic, chivalrous and the like.
More importantly, the Russian society reminds me of people even in my own social circle; and the parallels that exist startle me. It reminds me even of my crassness, and my paranoia and quest for success in everything. Forget the lugubrious attitude towards life, discard the foolish machinations with success as the final goal, and learn the way of the kind-hearted; yes, thats what i should strive for, and not be a Prince Vasily but a Count Pierre Bezukhov.
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