Love the fact that after years of crusty old men reading war and peace... there is this section of the internet with all these young women reading it and calling Tolstoy “my dude”. It’s just too much and I love it!!
"2022 is about proving people wrong even when you don't believe in yourself" you don't understand the way in which this is gonna carry me through the year ✌️
Fun Fact: War and Peace was actually written as a prequel to a book that was never written. If you know Russian history, this actually becomes fairly obvious near the end. The actual book that Tolstoy wanted to write was on the return of the Decembrists. However, he felt that he needed to write a prologue to explain who the Decembrists were first. This then turned into a prologue of a prologue, then a prologue to that. In the end, Tolstoy ended up just writing about the Napoleonic war with a lot of foreshadowing about the Decembrists, but never actually mentioning them by name. I could explain some of the foreshadowing, but I don't want to blatant spoilers in this comment.
@@aztre You don't need to know who the Decembrists were to enjoy the book. They are never mentioned as they don't become a factor until a few years after the book's timeline ends. This is just a fun fact type of thing.
she’s the reason why i bought it the other day LMFAO when it came in and i opened it i audibly gasped at the size and then looked at my husband and said “i’m scared”
I’ve read War and Peace when I was in 11th grade (in the original language, because I'm Russian yeah) and it was quite difficult, so I'm very proud of you❤️🔥. Tolstoy was a rather controversial person, especially because of the way he treated his own wife (for example, forced her to rewrite this entire text by hand several times), but if you abstract from his personality and concentrate on the text, this is really a profound work that I would recommend everyone to read at least once. p.s. he wrote so much text because in those days publishers paid for the number of pages 😄💸
why did tolstoy do his wife so dirty..... wow; but i agree! i 100% understand why it has stood the test of time and is such an important attribution to literature, the scope of this whole book is insaaane but the fact that he portrayed human life so perfectly is almost magic p.s. also tolstoy repeating himself to get that coin has the same energy as students trying to reach the word count 💀😂
Tolstoy was extremely rich, he didn't care how much he was paid what are you even talking about. He wrote so much bc there was no twitter where he could do the talk
as a russian i barely survived reading this) and i fell asleep so many times, while reading it 😂 it`s embarrasing, but i`m proud that you read it all! i think this book is definitely a heavy reading. and not for everyone. i am amazed that it is included in our mandatory literature program, where it should be read at school by teenagers who are just 15-16 years old. to quote Olivia Rodrigo, the russian literature program in schools is "brutal". 😅
@@Tolstoy111 in my opinion it was very straightforward, but I just didn’t have enough time to dedicate to reading it (I was reading it for fun, and had to prioritize schooling)
When you first said you were gonna read War & Peace, I was like uh-oh.. It's not only because it's 1400 pages. But it is a HEAVY subject matter, it's a heavy text... Honeslty, I bow to you, you are a QUEEN for not only reading and finishing that tome but that you annotated that whole beast! 👑
That was me a few months ago! Decided I wanted to read something people claimed to be ‘life changing’ and bought a copy on a whim. Read a bit of it but turned to Anna Karenina instead.
I'm now in a reading slump with Les Misérables-another brick. And this video makes me want to finish it asap lmao Edit: I FINISHED IT about a week ago!! ...and I am dead inside.
omg the unabridged version of les mis is something else. Victor Hugo loved rambling about nothing in particular. Apparently even his editor told him it was too long
Anna Karenina is actually a fairly simple book. It’s really not repetitive at all and it’s very beautifully written. It’s one of my favourite classics. So many amazing moments 😌
This video is what got me further than 14 pages! It was recommended at the perfect time. Whenever it starts getting to bleak I will look back on this video. I'm so far only at page 258 but I'm so glad I got there for now at least because it really is a good story. Thank you!
OMG Thank you so much! I just finished this book today! I'm so happy and just wanted to thank for getting me started, I seriously never would have done this without this video! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Ps I understand your excitement in the video now!
As a Russian student, I remember trying my best reading it at school and still giving up in the middle of the first book, I simply stopped bc it was soooo not for me, I was bored to the core lol I’m always amazed by people reading it with passion, especially not in original language, my respect to you :)
Oof, same - I ordered War and Peace from Amazon after watching Emma's videos on the book...but I never got around to finishing it😂...maybe this video is a sign from the universe...?🤔 Plus I just finished studying the Napoleonic Wars, so I might just start understanding the historical references a teeny-tiny bit more...🤷🏽♀😂 (✌🏽)
THIS IS YOUR SIGN!!! 👏 FINISH 👏 WAR 👏 AND 👏 PEACE 👏 also i wish my school would've taught me more about world history it was all just about my country 💀 but i researched the napoleonic wars before i started my read and it was SOO helpful
Reading War and Peace is an act of Love..... both ways - and watch the Oscar-winning 1960s movie directed by Sergei Bondarchuk which will help you with the novel, and is the finest interpretation of this fantastic novel by far!!
Omg I found the same pattern in Les Misérables like Victor Hugo at times reiterated the same idea. My first impression was Hugo saying, "I know you're not paying attention so let me repeat that again for your pea-sized brain". But your interpretation makes much more sense haha
oop les misérables is a book that terrifies the bejeezus out of me, if i could barely make it through the movie 💀 i do want to read victor hugo at least once in my life though 😤
@@throneofpages oo you should read le dernier jour d'un condamné by him ! not sure what the english title is, but it's pretty short and a good story I think:) That was my warm up for les misérables tho I still have yet to read it hahah
I'm currently reading Anna Karenina and I'm only 200 pages in this almost 1000 page novel. And I fully agree with Leo repeating himself constantly. And parts of it are a slog. But this has inspired me! It's also a beautiful book and if you love Pierre I'm pretty sure you'll love Levin. He's just a little farm boy who wants to fall in love and he's so pure. I also have war and peace on my shelf but I might leave it for later this year cos she's a big girl! You deserve to be as proud of yourself as you are. What a great start to 2022.
I remember trying to read it in school (I'm Russian) but I couldn't go further than 1st volume. The whole French dialog was driving me insane. But when we were studying it in class, we would go through it in sections and discuss it while we spend around a month to just get through it. So even students who didn't read the whole thing knew the characters and what the book was about. Also after senior year we have state exams where you also have to write an esse proving your point of view by giving examples from literature. And you can find everything in War and Peace, it is a go-to book for this esse. Love, family, war, friendship, betrayal and so on. I reread the whole book a year ago and loved it. I'm not a big fan of Tolstoy, but War and Peace is a masterpiece. Congratulations on getting through it!!! Great job!
I remember how we've been reading this book at school... OMG! We had finished it in a month and I can say that was really difficult month! I mean I love the story but one month is too short period for realizing all the events and feelings about the book🙈😅 I don't know what our school system thinks about when it makes us to read such works during such a short time 🤷♀️🤦♀️ My congratulations to you! That's cool video!!!
you did it mama!! let's be real I was so scared for you, but now you've accomplished it so you can buy every copy of war and peace and use them as bricks to make the foundation of your house now so that your house is built on success :strongdoge: HELLO that bookmark that is legs sticking out of the book just sent me into orbit for some reason ✌🏻
✌ last year my friend and I were just talking about the books we wanted to buddy read and then I just said what about war and peace and she was like "that would be fun" And we made it a plan to read it this year we are about 20 pages through but this video is giving me the motivation to actually finish it 😆 I bow to you and I kiss your feet no hands sorry not feet hands yeah
I read and loved this book and had many moments of tears, frustration, and sheer joy. Congratulations on finishing this mammoth. It’s a true favorite of mine! And my copy completely fell apart in pieces.
your annotations always look so interesting!! I've been trying to do some for a book I'm reading in French and it's been such a beneficial experience! so proud of you for finishing that behemoth of a book
thank you so much 🥺 i had soo much fun annotating this book and it definitely helped me understand the book better and enhanced the reading experience so i hope you have fun with yours! ୧( “̮ )୨✧
When you were saying "I finished war and peace" the youtube subtitles had a different sentence every time. It was hilarious. Congrats! I'm on page 682. This gave me motivation to finish!
Two vids in one week!!! I was very surprised when I saw my Goodreads page and saw the notification that you've finished War and Peace. I've not been on your channel for very long but I've seen your journey with War and Peace through your past vlogs. I'm NO classics reader (I mean, I couldn't get through Anne of the Green Gables) and believe when I say this Isa, I'm SUPER proud of you for making it this far... The longest book I've ever read was 600 pages and I admire you SO MUCH for managing to read a book, a freakishly 1400 pages long... Also your ANNOTATIONS!! I've only begun annotating recently and I have about 4 fully annotated books in my collection so it made me so happy to see you annotate the heck of out of a 1000+ page book... Congrats 📚💖✨!!! Also little side question; How can we join your discord server? I've been wanting to join for a while, but I'm not sure how exactly to join... Thanks!!
ahh thank you so much 🥺 i'm so glad you enjoyed!! 💓 also i'm so happy that you've started annotating!! it's definitely going to make your reading experience so much better i'm so excited for you! 💛👉👈 here's a link to join my discord discord.gg/6Fh5UkzZ ✨
i read w&p during the first lockdown and the audiobook is what kept me going, otherwise i would have most likely died and become a ghost to haunt tolstoy's ghost:)
0:41 this...this is why i take months reading one book. I thought i was the only one that annotated/made notes on my books outside of a school/academic environment...for leisure. I mean i use similar sticky flags like yours and write on them since i don’t like writing on the actual book. You don’t read books, you savour and bask in every delectable bite of literary chapter and passages like the finest dish at a 5 star restaurant; you eat books just like me 🥺😍
i started War and Peace on Dec 31st and haven’t picked it up in a week, and you helped motivate me to jump back in! also am in love with you and your channel now! good for you girly!!!! hope you’re doing well 💕
Congrats, Isabella! I finally got around to reading War and Peace last year, pacing myself at 50 pages a day. I also read the Briggs translation, and the intro, the appendix and all the notes. So, I know how you must feel. It's not the longest novel that I've read (that would be In Search of Lost Time, and right now I'm forging through Clarissa, which is even longer than W&P), but it's clearly one of the greatest. That's one of the nice things about being retired ... plenty of time to read. Once again, kudos on your achievement! 🙂
Queen I am so proud of you 😭 You deserve to say “I finished War and Peace” as many times as you want ❤️❤️ That being said… Tolstoy Isabella 🤝 Repeating themselves
pls i've told my family multiple times and randomly called up friends to talk about our lord and savior war and peace 😤 it is 100% my personality for the next 6 months 😂
I read this one in physical,and then agakn in e-book. I LOVE the descriptions of events and theme of conversations of that time. Im glad to see younger pwople who enjoy reading this type of books.
I too was scared of this book for more years than I care to admit but now I'm in the last book of this masterpiece its been an absolute joy to read and I truly regret not having treated myself to it sooner.... I'm sure you'll love it just a much as so many others have done over the years since it was written ..... Read it now, and let this wonderful work of literary genius work on your soul, you may not agree with everything Tolstoy proposes but I assure you that you won't regret it 😊
God bless you girl 😊 I left it far too late to read this absolutely wonderful book - in my view, this is the greatest piece of literature ever written..... bar none! Make sure you read this book before you're 18 yrs old, but if you're older then drop everything and read it - right now! But keep Google handy, you'll need it now and again, but I promise you that if you stick with it (and you must - really must) then you won't regret it.
this inspired me to actually finish reading Frankenstein (*cries because its only less than 200 pages but i am struggling to function the past 6 months*) and War of the Worlds (dont get me started its almost been a year for this one) pfff ill get there one day ily ✌
I bought this book yesterday. I fell out of love with reading but am trying to get back into it and I’m incredibly intimidated by this book but want a challenge so thank you for motivating me to start it. 😭
@@throneofpages 🧎🏻♂️I’m so sorry, senpai, for ever questioning you. We should have believed in you and, um, apologize! You dropped this 👑 but SERIOUSLY, IM SO PROUD✌🏻
Honestly those sticky tabs every 30 pages is what I need to do! I am a writer more than a reader, and when I read such fantastically written books as War and Peace, I get so caught up in the inspiration of Tolstoy's genius that I put the book down and write. As a result, I don't remember the last time I actually finished a book. Definitely going to do that this summer!
Esaaa, nunca dándose por vencida con los retos y asumiéndolos, felicidades por terminar "Guerra y paz" 💯. Yo la verdad si que desistí con "Los miserables" y estoy segura que también fue por no tener una meta bien trazada (me he dado cuenta que estos clásicos no los puedo leer por el mero hecho de estar emocionada, tienen que tomarse MUY en serio), entonces si vuelvo a agarrar ese libro te estaré agradecida por la motivación 🧡
@@throneofpages Also, I'm new to your channel and have binge watched quite a few videos by now! I love your content and the eye for detail in your editing ^-^
OMG MY BOOK JUST ARRIVED EARLIER, OMG I'M SO EXCITED TO READ THIS AT THE SAME TIME INTIMIDATE BY HOW THICK THE BOOK IS, BUT YEAH LET'S SEE IT IF I CAN FINISH IT OR THE BOOK WILL FINISH ME HAHAHAHAHAHA I REALLY LIKE YOUR CHANNEL, YOU'RE MY FAVORITE BOOKTUBER!!!
When you started repeating "I finished War and Peace" like a crazy human (which I totally respect, especially after finishing War and Peace) I thought you might have been Tolstolized because just a moment before you were ranting about how you hated Tolstoy's repetitions 🤣🤣🤣
HAHAHAAHAH PLEAAASEEEE I DIDN'T EVEN- PLEASE I- OH MY GOD HAHAH not me absolutely losing my marbles at this comment i can't believe it I'VE BEEN TOLSTOLIZED SLJDF PLEASEEEE
I'm committed to finishing it this year. Anna Karenina is one of my fave books of all time but the 1300 pages is just so daunting. I'm up to page 65, so....a bit to go!
23:09 is genuinely the best feeling ever. I finished it a couple of years ago on New Years eve bc I couldn't let myself go into the new year without finishing. took me 4 months of sleepless nights but still so happy I did it
I read war and peace during the first quarantine we had in italy in 2020 and let me tell you, reading a book that depicts human existence so well while seeing the world falling apart was an experience for sure.
@@throneofpages loved it, i was kinda bored during the war parts and to be honest i kinda skimmed through them, but the highs and the lows of the books all made sense at the end and overall i loved it, i understand why it stood the test of time... The books that made me feel actually understood are very few and this was one of them. Also the death of that character (if you get what what i mean) made me cry sooo much and i don't think i am still over it.
You are so funny, I am happy that I've discovered you. Good job there, not only referring to the book, that I've just started, but also for the way you are presenting it, the way you are structurring the book, good ideas, thank you so much! Keep the good job! 🎉
Oh my god. The fact that emmie got me to read Anna Karenina(my first ever classic) and you gave me the motivation and now you're saying that emmie was your inspiration too aaahhh wholesome, you guys are the best😭
I love it when you just went a thousand times "I finished war and peace" - I was like go girl, say it again for the ones in the back!!! ✌also can I just shoutout how huge and beautiful your hair looks??!! I love it
you are a legend a QUEEN for not only finishing but also annotating it WOW respect to you im so proud of you 💜 war and peace has been sitting on my bookshelf for quite some time now and ngl everytime i looked at it i got intimidated i thought there's no way i can do this but now seeing this gave me motivation fr like im really gonna pick it up now and start reading thank you for inspiring me bella 🥺💜 loved this vid btw ✌🏼
Well done 🙂 This has inspired me to finally tackle the similar doorstoppers that I haven't finished! Love your enthusiasm and style of annotation, so helpful 👍
You just posted this video literally the same day I gave up on reading WAP, but didn’t wanna watch it because I was getting frustrated with everyone saying how this is their favorite book and life-changing when it really wasn’t doing anything for me, like i understand why it’s a big deal (Tolstoy’s theory of history and all), but I wasn’t feeling it. After watching your video I now feel motivated to pick it up, thank you and love your videos ✨🙋🏻♂️
I just finished reading War and Peace about an hour ago. It was definitely worth the effort and history involved with the book was quite interesting and accurate. It’s a very good case study of how we live our lives and despite any privileges we may have the human conditions remains. Highly recommend to read it.
I just wanted to say it, you are not annoying at all, i can absolutely understand you. I started reading War and Peace in 2018 and finished it in 2019... not proud to say that it took me A YEAR to read it, but I feel like I broke a kind of record for myself. I feel accomplished as a reader and my pride is...well...huge . You really did a great job at proving to others wrong! I am waiting for your review on Anna Karenina ✌
even if it took you a year, it shouldn't overshadow the pride you feel for ACTUALLY finishing war and peace!!! not everyone can say that but YOU can, and that's something to be celebrated!!
I am gonna start reading it! And before that i checked videos of the one's who have read it! And i found u! I just wanna say a small thing to u that i love u and ur self pushing mentality! ❤
💙💙 oh my gosh love you Isabella so happy and proud for you!!
AHH I can’t believe this thank you so much Emma!!! 🥺💛👉👈
Emma, you gave her quite a heart attack 🤣
@@bookoffholicbookwart5945 PLEASE understatement of the year 🧍🏻♀️
@@throneofpages 🤣🤣🤣❤
So cute omg
Schoolchildren in Russia read "War and Peace" in three weeks as part of the school curriculum. In fact, the book is amazing.
Hello from Russia👋🏼
that's 🤯🤯🤯
Russians are just built different
Pain hahaha, and i thought reading Don Quijote and 100 of solitude un high school was a challenge
@@throneofpages most Russian schoolchildren don’t really read war and piece though.
ты из России??
Love the fact that after years of crusty old men reading war and peace... there is this section of the internet with all these young women reading it and calling Tolstoy “my dude”. It’s just too much and I love it!!
Ahh I love this comment so much 😂💓💓
I love that
The fact that an entertaining video on a daunting book has such an unpleasant comment is rather sad.
@@someinteresting why?
@@zozzle_ Because I find it pointless and boring to comment crusty old men this crusty old men that.
"2022 is about proving people wrong even when you don't believe in yourself" you don't understand the way in which this is gonna carry me through the year ✌️
pls you're so right i needed to hear that and i didn't even realize it until after i said it
Yess
Fun Fact: War and Peace was actually written as a prequel to a book that was never written. If you know Russian history, this actually becomes fairly obvious near the end. The actual book that Tolstoy wanted to write was on the return of the Decembrists. However, he felt that he needed to write a prologue to explain who the Decembrists were first. This then turned into a prologue of a prologue, then a prologue to that. In the end, Tolstoy ended up just writing about the Napoleonic war with a lot of foreshadowing about the Decembrists, but never actually mentioning them by name.
I could explain some of the foreshadowing, but I don't want to blatant spoilers in this comment.
I'm interested in reading the book. Do you think I should look up about the Decembrists before reading the book or I should do it after?
@@aztre
You don't need to know who the Decembrists were to enjoy the book. They are never mentioned as they don't become a factor until a few years after the book's timeline ends. This is just a fun fact type of thing.
Imagine starting to write a prologue and ending up with nearly 1500 pages
"A little introduction"
she’s the reason why i bought it the other day LMFAO when it came in and i opened it i audibly gasped at the size and then looked at my husband and said “i’m scared”
AT LEAST YOU HAVE A GOOD MORAL SUPPORT SYSTEM
Thats what she said
I want to read your annotated version of War and Peace now!
oh no 😂
Because of Bella I really want to start reading classics. But the desire to read her annotated classics is STRONG😩🥰
Reading that many pages is the war, finishing it is the peace.
I’ve read War and Peace when I was in 11th grade (in the original language, because I'm Russian yeah) and it was quite difficult, so I'm very proud of you❤️🔥. Tolstoy was a rather controversial person, especially because of the way he treated his own wife (for example, forced her to rewrite this entire text by hand several times), but if you abstract from his personality and concentrate on the text, this is really a profound work that I would recommend everyone to read at least once.
p.s. he wrote so much text because in those days publishers paid for the number of pages 😄💸
why did tolstoy do his wife so dirty..... wow; but i agree! i 100% understand why it has stood the test of time and is such an important attribution to literature, the scope of this whole book is insaaane but the fact that he portrayed human life so perfectly is almost magic
p.s. also tolstoy repeating himself to get that coin has the same energy as students trying to reach the word count 💀😂
@@throneofpages yeaaa😂
А почему в 11? У нас же роман этот задают читать в 10))
Tolstoy was extremely rich, he didn't care how much he was paid what are you even talking about. He wrote so much bc there was no twitter where he could do the talk
@@пекельніборошна-т1в изучите историю его жизни. Он от много отказался
as a russian i barely survived reading this) and i fell asleep so many times, while reading it 😂 it`s embarrasing, but i`m proud that you read it all!
i think this book is definitely a heavy reading. and not for everyone. i am amazed that it is included in our mandatory literature program, where it should be read at school by teenagers who are just 15-16 years old. to quote Olivia Rodrigo, the russian literature program in schools is "brutal". 😅
Not Olivia rodrigo 😭
What was your issue with it? It's very easy reading. Straightforward all the way through.
@@Tolstoy111 you seem offended
@@cocacola37281 I’m not at all
@@Tolstoy111 in my opinion it was very straightforward, but I just didn’t have enough time to dedicate to reading it (I was reading it for fun, and had to prioritize schooling)
When you first said you were gonna read War & Peace, I was like uh-oh..
It's not only because it's 1400 pages. But it is a HEAVY subject matter, it's a heavy text...
Honeslty, I bow to you, you are a QUEEN for not only reading and finishing that tome but that you annotated that whole beast! 👑
oh yeah definitely!! but the way that tolstoy handles and discusses those themes is STUNNING and insightful it was honestly magic 🥺
Can we all just collectively send a big warm hug to bella cause she’s so motivating without even realizing it?
🥺👉👈
that title is top-notch, wonderfully-made, a chef's kiss
My toxic trait is thinking I can do this too when I've been in a reading slump thanks to the pandemic.
Congratulations on finishing it tho👏👏👏
if i can do it so can you!!
That was me a few months ago! Decided I wanted to read something people claimed to be ‘life changing’ and bought a copy on a whim. Read a bit of it but turned to Anna Karenina instead.
I'm now in a reading slump with Les Misérables-another brick. And this video makes me want to finish it asap lmao
Edit: I FINISHED IT about a week ago!! ...and I am dead inside.
👏 DO IT 👏
I believe in you if I can do you you can do it!
Oh I love Les Mis! The unabridged isnt for everyone, but i feel like everyone should read an abridged version at leasttt
Best luck!!! You got thisss
oh my god me too!!! i’m putting this book off for ages and now i just wanna finish it already
omg the unabridged version of les mis is something else. Victor Hugo loved rambling about nothing in particular. Apparently even his editor told him it was too long
My red flag is thinking that I’d be able to read this easily and quickly 😭😂
at least you're honest 😭💀
Why this is so accurate..😂
You are me and I am you.
Anna Karenina is actually a fairly simple book. It’s really not repetitive at all and it’s very beautifully written. It’s one of my favourite classics. So many amazing moments 😌
it's definitely on my tbr!! i hope i can get to it this year
This video is what got me further than 14 pages! It was recommended at the perfect time. Whenever it starts getting to bleak I will look back on this video. I'm so far only at page 258 but I'm so glad I got there for now at least because it really is a good story. Thank you!
i'm so happy this video found you at just the perfect time!!
OMG Thank you so much! I just finished this book today! I'm so happy and just wanted to thank for getting me started, I seriously never would have done this without this video! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Ps I understand your excitement in the video now!
As a Russian student, I remember trying my best reading it at school and still giving up in the middle of the first book, I simply stopped bc it was soooo not for me, I was bored to the core lol
I’m always amazed by people reading it with passion, especially not in original language, my respect to you :)
thank you so much!! :")
Oof, same - I ordered War and Peace from Amazon after watching Emma's videos on the book...but I never got around to finishing it😂...maybe this video is a sign from the universe...?🤔
Plus I just finished studying the Napoleonic Wars, so I might just start understanding the historical references a teeny-tiny bit more...🤷🏽♀😂
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THIS IS YOUR SIGN!!! 👏 FINISH 👏 WAR 👏 AND 👏 PEACE 👏
also i wish my school would've taught me more about world history it was all just about my country 💀 but i researched the napoleonic wars before i started my read and it was SOO helpful
Omg same here i ordered war and peace 😬 its been sitting on my pile for ages!
the copy of war and peace in my house is staring at me rn
Reading War and Peace is an act of Love..... both ways - and watch the Oscar-winning 1960s movie directed by Sergei Bondarchuk which will help you with the novel, and is the finest interpretation of this fantastic novel by far!!
I love the way women annotate and talk about books it’s so thorough and completely engaged. And color coded.
men do it too 🥰 jack edwards is one of my favorites
Russian pupils read "war and peace"in 11th grade. We have to do this for 2 months... It is so hard. I get it. My congratulations, you're doing fine !
Omg I found the same pattern in Les Misérables like Victor Hugo at times reiterated the same idea. My first impression was Hugo saying, "I know you're not paying attention so let me repeat that again for your pea-sized brain". But your interpretation makes much more sense haha
oop les misérables is a book that terrifies the bejeezus out of me, if i could barely make it through the movie 💀 i do want to read victor hugo at least once in my life though 😤
@@throneofpages oo you should read le dernier jour d'un condamné by him ! not sure what the english title is, but it's pretty short and a good story I think:) That was my warm up for les misérables tho I still have yet to read it hahah
It‘s because it was published in installments in a paper I believe
gosh that is so accurate
I'm currently reading Anna Karenina and I'm only 200 pages in this almost 1000 page novel. And I fully agree with Leo repeating himself constantly. And parts of it are a slog. But this has inspired me! It's also a beautiful book and if you love Pierre I'm pretty sure you'll love Levin. He's just a little farm boy who wants to fall in love and he's so pure. I also have war and peace on my shelf but I might leave it for later this year cos she's a big girl! You deserve to be as proud of yourself as you are. What a great start to 2022.
with how you described him i've already opened up a little room in my heart for levin 🥺👉👈
I remember trying to read it in school (I'm Russian) but I couldn't go further than 1st volume. The whole French dialog was driving me insane. But when we were studying it in class, we would go through it in sections and discuss it while we spend around a month to just get through it. So even students who didn't read the whole thing knew the characters and what the book was about. Also after senior year we have state exams where you also have to write an esse proving your point of view by giving examples from literature. And you can find everything in War and Peace, it is a go-to book for this esse. Love, family, war, friendship, betrayal and so on.
I reread the whole book a year ago and loved it. I'm not a big fan of Tolstoy, but War and Peace is a masterpiece. Congratulations on getting through it!!! Great job!
Amazing. I strive to reach this level of pettiness with which to spite my enemies. All hail to our classics queen👑
this was the beginning of my villain arc get ready
I remember how we've been reading this book at school... OMG! We had finished it in a month and I can say that was really difficult month! I mean I love the story but one month is too short period for realizing all the events and feelings about the book🙈😅
I don't know what our school system thinks about when it makes us to read such works during such a short time 🤷♀️🤦♀️
My congratulations to you! That's cool video!!!
One month 😭💀 thank you so much!! 💓✨
you did it mama!! let's be real I was so scared for you, but now you've accomplished it so you can buy every copy of war and peace and use them as bricks to make the foundation of your house now so that your house is built on success :strongdoge:
HELLO that bookmark that is legs sticking out of the book just sent me into orbit for some reason ✌🏻
it's literally my favorite bookmark and i don't use it enough 😤 THAT HOUSE IS EXACTLY IT only for legends!!! let's be roomies 😳😋
✌ last year my friend and I were just talking about the books we wanted to buddy read and then I just said what about war and peace and she was like "that would be fun" And we made it a plan to read it this year we are about 20 pages through but this video is giving me the motivation to actually finish it 😆 I bow to you and I kiss your feet no hands sorry not feet hands yeah
buddy reading war and peace sounds so fun!! i hope you have the best time 🥺💛✨
plsss im thinking about reading war and peace for few months now and i think this is the sign to finally start😳🙄✊
👏 DO 👏 IT 👏
I read and loved this book and had many moments of tears, frustration, and sheer joy. Congratulations on finishing this mammoth. It’s a true favorite of mine! And my copy completely fell apart in pieces.
your annotations always look so interesting!! I've been trying to do some for a book I'm reading in French and it's been such a beneficial experience! so proud of you for finishing that behemoth of a book
thank you so much 🥺 i had soo much fun annotating this book and it definitely helped me understand the book better and enhanced the reading experience so i hope you have fun with yours! ୧( “̮ )୨✧
It is a great book, once you get your head wrapped around the vast and complicated relationships throughout.
When you were saying "I finished war and peace" the youtube subtitles had a different sentence every time. It was hilarious. Congrats! I'm on page 682. This gave me motivation to finish!
youtube strikes again T__T at least it was funny x)
I love Emmie too she makes me want to read classics too she explains them so eloquently and makes them sound so beautifully written
Two vids in one week!!! I was very surprised when I saw my Goodreads page and saw the notification that you've finished War and Peace. I've not been on your channel for very long but I've seen your journey with War and Peace through your past vlogs. I'm NO classics reader (I mean, I couldn't get through Anne of the Green Gables) and believe when I say this Isa, I'm SUPER proud of you for making it this far...
The longest book I've ever read was 600 pages and I admire you SO MUCH for managing to read a book, a freakishly 1400 pages long... Also your ANNOTATIONS!! I've only begun annotating recently and I have about 4 fully annotated books in my collection so it made me so happy to see you annotate the heck of out of a 1000+ page book... Congrats 📚💖✨!!!
Also little side question; How can we join your discord server? I've been wanting to join for a while, but I'm not sure how exactly to join... Thanks!!
ahh thank you so much 🥺 i'm so glad you enjoyed!! 💓 also i'm so happy that you've started annotating!! it's definitely going to make your reading experience so much better i'm so excited for you! 💛👉👈
here's a link to join my discord discord.gg/6Fh5UkzZ ✨
i read w&p during the first lockdown and the audiobook is what kept me going, otherwise i would have most likely died and become a ghost to haunt tolstoy's ghost:)
i'm 10000% haunting tolstoy because of that epilogue 😤
0:41 this...this is why i take months reading one book. I thought i was the only one that annotated/made notes on my books outside of a school/academic environment...for leisure. I mean i use similar sticky flags like yours and write on them since i don’t like writing on the actual book. You don’t read books, you savour and bask in every delectable bite of literary chapter and passages like the finest dish at a 5 star restaurant; you eat books just like me 🥺😍
i started War and Peace on Dec 31st and haven’t picked it up in a week, and you helped motivate me to jump back in! also am in love with you and your channel now! good for you girly!!!! hope you’re doing well 💕
good luck!! you can do this 🍀✨
Can we appreciate all the aesthetic pleasing earrings she wore during the whole process? 🥺
Congrats, Isabella! I finally got around to reading War and Peace last year, pacing myself at 50 pages a day. I also read the Briggs translation, and the intro, the appendix and all the notes. So, I know how you must feel. It's not the longest novel that I've read (that would be In Search of Lost Time, and right now I'm forging through Clarissa, which is even longer than W&P), but it's clearly one of the greatest. That's one of the nice things about being retired ... plenty of time to read. Once again, kudos on your achievement! 🙂
congrats to both of us!! 🫂💖
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Omg you are so brave for finishing such a BRICK AND BEFORE THE "DEADLINE". So proud of you Isa
THANK YOU 😭💛
Queen I am so proud of you 😭 You deserve to say “I finished War and Peace” as many times as you want ❤️❤️ That being said…
Tolstoy Isabella
🤝
Repeating themselves
Also- I cannot get enough of your annotations!! Stunning!
PLEASE HAHA I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE 😭💀tolstoy really did a number on me huh 😀🔫
You should feel so proud of finishing that behemoth of a book! I simply would make it my entire personality if I ever did read it 😌Congrats!!
pls i've told my family multiple times and randomly called up friends to talk about our lord and savior war and peace 😤 it is 100% my personality for the next 6 months 😂
I read this one in physical,and then agakn in e-book. I LOVE the descriptions of events and theme of conversations of that time.
Im glad to see younger pwople who enjoy reading this type of books.
OMG so proud of you! I m in page 482 and I wanted to give up but this motivated me to finally finish it!! 💜
you got this!! 💙
Me eying my copy of War and Peace now 👁👁
But honestly this is such a big accomplishment!! So proud of you my love 💛
thank you so much (/^▽^)/
I literally am so scared to tackle this book, but now I feel like I should. That is literally such an achievement, congrats!! ✌🏽
trust me, if i can do it, so can you!!
I too was scared of this book for more years than I care to admit but now I'm in the last book of this masterpiece its been an absolute joy to read and I truly regret not having treated myself to it sooner.... I'm sure you'll love it just a much as so many others have done over the years since it was written ..... Read it now, and let this wonderful work of literary genius work on your soul, you may not agree with everything Tolstoy proposes but I assure you that you won't regret it 😊
God bless you girl 😊
I left it far too late to read this absolutely wonderful book - in my view, this is the greatest piece of literature ever written..... bar none!
Make sure you read this book before you're 18 yrs old, but if you're older then drop everything and read it - right now!
But keep Google handy, you'll need it now and again, but I promise you that if you stick with it (and you must - really must) then you won't regret it.
this inspired me to actually finish reading Frankenstein (*cries because its only less than 200 pages but i am struggling to function the past 6 months*) and War of the Worlds (dont get me started its almost been a year for this one) pfff ill get there one day ily ✌
you can do it!!! Frankenstein is one of my favorite classics 💛✨
I bought this book yesterday. I fell out of love with reading but am trying to get back into it and I’m incredibly intimidated by this book but want a challenge so thank you for motivating me to start it. 😭
you can do it!!
I’m so sorry, senpai, for ever questioning you. We should have believed in you and, um, apologize! You dropped this 👑 but SERIOUSLY, IM SO PROUD✌🏻
ok now say that on your knees ۹(ÒہÓ)۶
@@throneofpages 🧎🏻♂️I’m so sorry, senpai, for ever questioning you. We should have believed in you and, um, apologize! You dropped this 👑 but SERIOUSLY, IM SO PROUD✌🏻
Honestly those sticky tabs every 30 pages is what I need to do! I am a writer more than a reader, and when I read such fantastically written books as War and Peace, I get so caught up in the inspiration of Tolstoy's genius that I put the book down and write. As a result, I don't remember the last time I actually finished a book. Definitely going to do that this summer!
Esaaa, nunca dándose por vencida con los retos y asumiéndolos, felicidades por terminar "Guerra y paz" 💯. Yo la verdad si que desistí con "Los miserables" y estoy segura que también fue por no tener una meta bien trazada (me he dado cuenta que estos clásicos no los puedo leer por el mero hecho de estar emocionada, tienen que tomarse MUY en serio), entonces si vuelvo a agarrar ese libro te estaré agradecida por la motivación 🧡
uff los miserables es otro que hasta mirarlo empiezo a sudar 💀🤸♀️🕳
PLSSSSSS YOU ARE MY IDOL!!! well done !!🤩💖
This motivated me to finish all of my 900+ page books, that I've started.
you can do it!! 💛
@@throneofpages Also, I'm new to your channel and have binge watched quite a few videos by now! I love your content and the eye for detail in your editing ^-^
thank you so much!!
OMG MY BOOK JUST ARRIVED EARLIER, OMG I'M SO EXCITED TO READ THIS AT THE SAME TIME INTIMIDATE BY HOW THICK THE BOOK IS, BUT YEAH LET'S SEE IT IF I CAN FINISH IT OR THE BOOK WILL FINISH ME HAHAHAHAHAHA I REALLY LIKE YOUR CHANNEL, YOU'RE MY FAVORITE BOOKTUBER!!!
When you started repeating "I finished War and Peace" like a crazy human (which I totally respect, especially after finishing War and Peace) I thought you might have been Tolstolized because just a moment before you were ranting about how you hated Tolstoy's repetitions 🤣🤣🤣
HAHAHAAHAH PLEAAASEEEE I DIDN'T EVEN- PLEASE I- OH MY GOD HAHAH not me absolutely losing my marbles at this comment i can't believe it I'VE BEEN TOLSTOLIZED SLJDF PLEASEEEE
Yes, I totally noticed that also hahaha
Congrats honey!!!!!! That's incredible and know you can have yours 15 years of peace!
THANK YOU
War and Peace is a masterpiece! I've read it twice (not to brag lol) and I love it! 📚❤️🔥
I'm committed to finishing it this year. Anna Karenina is one of my fave books of all time but the 1300 pages is just so daunting. I'm up to page 65, so....a bit to go!
You can do it!!
I love how you kept saying "i finished war and peace" hearing your happiness on accomplishing that goal makes me happy 😊
I really wanna read war and peace!! Perfect timing. And I love emmie too ❤️
good luck!! 💛✨
23:09 is genuinely the best feeling ever. I finished it a couple of years ago on New Years eve bc I couldn't let myself go into the new year without finishing. took me 4 months of sleepless nights but still so happy I did it
I read war and peace during the first quarantine we had in italy in 2020 and let me tell you, reading a book that depicts human existence so well while seeing the world falling apart was an experience for sure.
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN; what did you think of war and peace?
@@throneofpages loved it, i was kinda bored during the war parts and to be honest i kinda skimmed through them, but the highs and the lows of the books all made sense at the end and overall i loved it, i understand why it stood the test of time... The books that made me feel actually understood are very few and this was one of them. Also the death of that character (if you get what what i mean) made me cry sooo much and i don't think i am still over it.
i know exactly who you mean 😭
You are so funny, I am happy that I've discovered you. Good job there, not only referring to the book, that I've just started, but also for the way you are presenting it, the way you are structurring the book, good ideas, thank you so much! Keep the good job! 🎉
thank you so much!
Omggg congratulations Queen!!!! 👑 So proud of you ✌️
thank you so much!! (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و
I am so proud of you for completing War and Peace! Can’t wait see what the rest of 2022 holds for you!
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thank you so much!! (ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ
love u girl , i m now motivated to complete a book
you can do it! 😤💛
Oh my god. The fact that emmie got me to read Anna Karenina(my first ever classic) and you gave me the motivation and now you're saying that emmie was your inspiration too aaahhh wholesome, you guys are the best😭
oh my goodness i love that so much 😭💘💖💞
I love it when you just went a thousand times "I finished war and peace" - I was like go girl, say it again for the ones in the back!!! ✌also can I just shoutout how huge and beautiful your hair looks??!! I love it
thank you so much!! 🥺👉👈
this whole video seems like bella winning war and finally attaining peace. queen stuff if u ask me.
👏 no 👏 lies 👏 detected 👏
you are the reason i am getting into classics 😍❤️😭
you are a legend a QUEEN for not only finishing but also annotating it WOW respect to you im so proud of you 💜 war and peace has been sitting on my bookshelf for quite some time now and ngl everytime i looked at it i got intimidated i thought there's no way i can do this but now seeing this gave me motivation fr like im really gonna pick it up now and start reading thank you for inspiring me bella 🥺💜 loved this vid btw ✌🏼
YOU CAN DO IT MY LOVE I BELIEVE IN YOU!!! 🥺👉👈
@@throneofpages omg thank you so much 🥺💜💜💜
I really like the way you touch and use a book. Don't ask, because I don't know why
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I thought I was the only one 😂
Well done 🙂 This has inspired me to finally tackle the similar doorstoppers that I haven't finished! Love your enthusiasm and style of annotation, so helpful 👍
thank you so much! which ones are you going to try and finish? :)
What an amazing book.Everyone should read it than move into Dostoyevski. 😁
Ps:Anna Karenina is also a good novel by Tolstoy.
I’m so proud of you Isabella for finishing war and peace !!!
THANK YOU 🥺👉👈
The video I didn't know I needed 😂, queen behavior finishing this book 😘🥰
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Anna Karenina 😭😭😭😭, I wish you love it, it is a WONDERFUL book ✨🌟
great job girl! I was cackling at the cc - “I finished war and base, I finished war and pigs, I finished warm please” 😂
PLEASE 😭✋ I was checking earlier cause I got a comment that said “one piece” and I found the funniest alternates for war and peace 💀
50 seconds in, and this is already a cinematic masterpiece...,,, amazing
thank you so much 🥺👉👈
Ofc it was Fio who challenged you XDD Congrats on finishing this behemoth, you are iconic and i stan (and simp)
making sid proud > finishing war and peace
Seeing you jumping around in joy after finishing it made me so happy for you!! You finally did that girrrl ^^
i honestly couldn't contain it i just had to jump around, i also jumped around outside with my dog 😂💛
Amo que al final estés repitiendo i finished war and peace, over and over, JUST LIKE TOLSTOI lol
Also IM SO PROUD OF YOUUUU
Congratulations
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POR FAV NI ME DI CUENTA DE ESO HAHAH 💀💀💀
me: i hate when tolstoy repeats himself
also me: repeats herself
queen isabella has humbled all of us
and that's that 💅on that 💅
OmG 😳😂 I love when she just say "I finished War & peace" so funny & cute! Maybe will read this one 😭 & see if I can finished it before 2023
if i can do it so can you!! ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧
I’m so sorry senpai for doubting of your power 🧎🏽♀️I’m so proud of you queen ✌🏼
😤 you should be 💅
I wanted to start reading War and Peace this year...
Now I'm very much intimidated haha
if i can do it so can you!! ٩(•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)૭✧
You just posted this video literally the same day I gave up on reading WAP, but didn’t wanna watch it because I was getting frustrated with everyone saying how this is their favorite book and life-changing when it really wasn’t doing anything for me, like i understand why it’s a big deal (Tolstoy’s theory of history and all), but I wasn’t feeling it. After watching your video I now feel motivated to pick it up, thank you and love your videos ✨🙋🏻♂️
It’s what some would call ✨destiny✨ good luck!! 🍀💓
this video makes me finally pick this book up and transform it into a lgbtq+ flag with the annotations ✌🏻
funny you mention lgbtq+ since this classic has such exquisite gay/lesbian/bisexual undertones (۶•̀ᴗ•́)۶
Oh wow reading a book for 6 months! This is amazing and it's motivating me to get through my reading slump❤
you can do it!! 💛✨
BRO IM SO EARLY
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED
I just finished reading War and Peace about an hour ago. It was definitely worth the effort and history involved with the book was quite interesting and accurate. It’s a very good case study of how we live our lives and despite any privileges we may have the human conditions remains. Highly recommend to read it.
Love how you're playing Twice in the background while cleaning your desk.
yay for finishing it! i'm so happy for you for doing it!
thank you!! ٩(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و
you watching the feels mv while decluttering exactlyy
I just wanted to say it, you are not annoying at all, i can absolutely understand you. I started reading War and Peace in 2018 and finished it in 2019... not proud to say that it took me A YEAR to read it, but I feel like I broke a kind of record for myself. I feel accomplished as a reader and my pride is...well...huge .
You really did a great job at proving to others wrong! I am waiting for your review on Anna Karenina ✌
even if it took you a year, it shouldn't overshadow the pride you feel for ACTUALLY finishing war and peace!!! not everyone can say that but YOU can, and that's something to be celebrated!!
I am gonna start reading it! And before that i checked videos of the one's who have read it! And i found u! I just wanna say a small thing to u that i love u and ur self pushing mentality! ❤
thank you so much!