Alas, the human stories that Tolstoy told so significantly in the book are sketchy and inconsequential, despite the time devoted to them.
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This review of War and Peace (1956) was written by Bosley Crowther and published by New York Times on 25 Mar 2006.
War and Peace has generally received positive reviews.
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