Arts: Tolstoy's "War and Peace" (1869) runs 1,225 pages, has…

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Did you know? Tolstoy's "War and Peace" (1869) runs 1,225 pages, has 580+ characters and is set during the Napoleonic wars. Tolstoy rewrote it 7 times by hand — typewriters did not exist yet. His wife Sofia copied each version in full by hand: about 8,000 pages of writing.

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Tolstoy's "War and Peace" (1869) runs 1,225 pages, has 580+ characters and is set during the Napoleonic wars. Tolstoy rewrote it 7 times by hand — typewriters did not exist yet. His wife Sofia copied each version in full by hand: about 8,000 pages of writing.

Tolstoj's "Oorlog en Vrede" (1869) heeft 1.225 pagina's, 580+ personages en speelt zich af tijdens de Napoleontische oorlogen. Tolstoj herschreef het 7 keer met de hand — typmachines bestonden nog niet. Zijn vrouw Sofja kopieerde elke versie volledig met de hand: ongeveer 8.000 pagina's schrijven.

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