A test of fortitude is to actually read the entirety of a Faulkner novel. Man, reading that guy’s long winded form of prose is like watching paint dry on a wall. Diametrically opposite of other writers like Hemingway whose work seemed rather “quick” to read such as The Sun Also Rises or Vonnegut (Breakfast of Champions, God Bless You Mr Rosewater).
Yes Sally, reading is important. Just think, for people that never learned to read English, today’s Peanuts column would just show a blond haired girl holding a white sheet of paper. They would not get the hidden joke behind it!
One of the more modern jokes is you don’t want Steven King to hate you. I think there was a Far Side where ??? was having a bad day then he rear-ends SK.
No…….No I Don’T!!!! That is why I read War & Peace Sally!!!!!
Well actually I read War and Peace in high school because one semester in English class our assignment was to read 1500 pages of book(s) and do reports on the books we read. War and Peace from the school library was 1612 pages long. Took me two weeks to read, one weekend to write the book report for which I got and A and I was done in English class for that semester.
knutdl 8 months ago
Why read? Watch the 1956 epic historical drama film “War and Peace” based on Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel of the same name.
mccollunsky 8 months ago
Anything but that, Sally!
Wilde Bill 8 months ago
I don’t even care if John Steinbeck hates me.
Argythree 8 months ago
Apparently, Leo Tolstoy really did hate someone – William Shakespeare…
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 8 months ago
I slogged my way through one summer. My tan was fantastic!
Hazelnut King 8 months ago
What’s your favourite book, everyone? Mine is The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Carlo Collodi.
Izzy Moreno 8 months ago
No, not by Leo Tolstoy.
hariseldon59 8 months ago
Sally doesn’t realize that he’s been dead since 1910.
Mediatech 8 months ago
I have read the book, and seen the film. Leo and I are good.
constantine48 8 months ago
Leo Tolstoy should mind his own business.
Macushlalondra 8 months ago
He’ll just have to hate me then. I’m an avid reader but I will never read “War and Peace.”
TampaFanatic1 8 months ago
A test of fortitude is to actually read the entirety of a Faulkner novel. Man, reading that guy’s long winded form of prose is like watching paint dry on a wall. Diametrically opposite of other writers like Hemingway whose work seemed rather “quick” to read such as The Sun Also Rises or Vonnegut (Breakfast of Champions, God Bless You Mr Rosewater).
Robert Nowall Premium Member 8 months ago
Last time I tried, I got a third in before other books called. Better than I did when I was a kid…made it a few pages in and put it down.
GerryRoss 8 months ago
I’m reading Lester Del Rey’s DAY OF THE GIANTS right now, so Leo must be getting ready to heckle me big time.
Kornfield Kounty 8 months ago
Yuri Testikov: War and Peace … how about War – What Is It Good For?
Fetzee 8 months ago
Reading War and Peace currently
gantech 8 months ago
At least it wasn’t Dostoevsky…I would never want to be hated by someone whose name I can’t spell or pronounce.
Darryl Heine 8 months ago
Remember when Snoopy read “War and Peace” in one word a day mode?
robcarroll1213 8 months ago
Leo Tolstoy’s last words were, “Don’t hate me for hating you.”
dcdete. 8 months ago
Yes Sally, reading is important. Just think, for people that never learned to read English, today’s Peanuts column would just show a blond haired girl holding a white sheet of paper. They would not get the hidden joke behind it!
Decepticomic 8 months ago
Depends. Was he racist?
Ellis97 8 months ago
You know, Sally, your big brother read War and Peace all by himself in a matter of days one time.
preacherman Premium Member 8 months ago
Worse yet, the ghost of Leo Tolstoy. Though I prefer to watch one of the two versions of the movie “War and Peace”.
Neo Stryder 8 months ago
I have more serious worries than him.
joe piglet Premium Member 8 months ago
One of the more modern jokes is you don’t want Steven King to hate you. I think there was a Far Side where ??? was having a bad day then he rear-ends SK.
guenette.charlie(BozoKnows) 8 months ago
Leo will just have to get in line.
Amra Leo 8 months ago
She’s got a point…
I'm Sad 8 months ago
What kind of books do people of today read? ☹️
ladykat 8 months ago
He’s dead. I don’t think he cares.
Daltongang Premium Member 8 months ago
No…….No I Don’T!!!! That is why I read War & Peace Sally!!!!!
Well actually I read War and Peace in high school because one semester in English class our assignment was to read 1500 pages of book(s) and do reports on the books we read. War and Peace from the school library was 1612 pages long. Took me two weeks to read, one weekend to write the book report for which I got and A and I was done in English class for that semester.
nednewbie 8 months ago
I’d rather read The Brothers Karamazov than that doorstop of book :-DJust kidding. I don’t intend to read The Brothers also ;-)
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 8 months ago
I wouldn’t mind being hated by Harold Robbins and Sidney Sheldon
oakie817 8 months ago
i read War and Peace in 5th grade…really liked it, and it wasn’t an assignment
Charlie Tuba 8 months ago
If you didn’t read then you would be the subject of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s work (The Idiot).
Charlie Tuba 8 months ago
I remember when Snoopy was reading War and Peace one word a day.
tvstevie 8 months ago
I couldn’t care less!
EXCALABUR 8 months ago
Leo is and has been dead for awhile.
eddi-TBH 8 months ago
Reading the classics can be a big disappointment.
anncorr339 8 months ago
Who cares if Leo tolstoy hates me
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 8 months ago
Snoopy read a Russian story called THE NOSE and still has nightmares about it