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Originally Posted by max
Interesting you mention War and Peace. It was the one book I wanted to read for 2012 and I finished it a couple of days ago.
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Was it worth the time and effort?
FWIW, I've read it twice over the past 5 years. Took me about 3 months each time. Well deserved of the title "greatest novel of all time".
If you are interested in a "screen version", this is FOR SURE the one to watch. I liked it so much I bought it (well, I copied it from the library actually):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and...972_TV_series)
By the way, your decision to not watch the new Hobbit film is a good one IMO. But I'm not normally a fan of Hollywood versions of books. The BBC can often be counted on for "good" dramatizations.
If you like Shakespeare by the way, the BBC (released on Ambrose video) made THE DEFINITIVE collection (which I also copied from the library):
http://www.ambrosevideo.com/items.cf...TOKEN=80778860