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How I did it: I bought his book almost 30 years ago and never bothered to read it. Last year, I decided to give it a shot. I looked at the 736 pages and gulped. I broke it down into 40 page sections on the first day and started.Tolstoy uses Russian nicknames for the characters and I got confused with who was who at first. Then I decided that 40 page sections made to book too choppy. I think I was about 200 pp in when the s… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I read at least 5 pages every night before bed. No cheating. If I was reading a section that had many smaller subheadings I would read all of them until I got to one that was really long and then I would save it for the next day. Read how I did it…
russianlitlove is reading Edith Warton's short stories.
How I did it: I had fallen in love with "War and Peace" a few months earlier and I was eager to read another Tolstoy masterpiece. However, I soon learned it was very different from W&P. It is easy to be swept away with the story between Anna and Vronsky, but the other aspects of the story can be very depressing. I also liked the storyline between Stiva and Darya. Read how I did it…
How I did it: For the first 250 pages during the first month, it was hard to keep focused. I have a stack of unread books that I was reading while I was trying to read Anna Karenina. But then I got serious in the second month and bunkered down in my room with no other books or forms of entertainment. Then I had to set goals within the goal for myself. My copy is 850 pages long, so I made myself read at least 50 pages a day, and … Read how I did it…
utina Feeling confused
How I did it: Basically I just borrowed the book from the public library. We have it in two books, each one has approximately 500 pages. I had lots of time, considering I was on my vacation so I read it in just four days. Try not to give up. The story itself is amazing: the whole twisted relationship between Anna and Vronsky is deeply absorbing. But the whole concept of describing what is happening over five or six pages can seem rather tiresome. For e… Read how I did it…
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