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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 208127" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>When a book is this substantial with so many characters, I'd say it's okay -- just in self defense -- to read with a detailed plot summary handy, either in print or on the Internet. (I don't mean instead of the book.) Remember that Tolstoy believed the justification of fiction was to teach Christian morality to the peasants, so he can come on a bit heavy handed. He hated Shakespeare, because The Bard often punished the good and rewarded the bad or blurred the distinction between the two. Hamlet for examp . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 208127, member: 2318"] When a book is this substantial with so many characters, I'd say it's okay -- just in self defense -- to read with a detailed plot summary handy, either in print or on the Internet. (I don't mean instead of the book.) Remember that Tolstoy believed the justification of fiction was to teach Christian morality to the peasants, so he can come on a bit heavy handed. He hated Shakespeare, because The Bard often punished the good and rewarded the bad or blurred the distinction between the two. Hamlet for examp . . . [/QUOTE]
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