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War and Peace

Not Read 'War And Peace'? Don't Worry, The BBC Are Taking Care Of It

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
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Any literature fans with lingering guilt about never having quite managed to finish War And Peace is in luck: the book is to be turned into a TV epic ...

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War And Words: How Cyber Editing Could Mean Heathcliff Becomes Boris Johnson

Hilary Robinson | Posted 03.08.2012 | Home
Read More: Thomas the Tank, Heathcliff, Milly Molly Mandy, The Copper Tree, Hilary Robinson, Bible, D H Lawrence, War and Peace, Revd W Audrey, Leo Tolstoy, The Bronte Society, Monty Python, Home News
Hilary Robinson

The result? The kindle word, which appears eight times in War And Peace, (which in itself might warrant translation concerns for Tolstoy) was edited into extinction and replaced by 'nook'.

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War and Peace and Football

Matthew Crockatt | Posted 12.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Arsenal FC, Fulham Premier League, Mark Hughes, Borodino, General Kutuzov, Soccer, Football, Harry Redknapp, Leo Tolstoy, Spurs, War and Peace, Arsene Wenger, Cardiff City, Roy-Hodgson, UK Football, UK Sport, UK News
Matthew Crockatt

Next time you sit down with a pint or two in the pub and start slagging off your team's manager think of Tolstoy, general Kutuzov and this blog post and have a nice game of darts instead...

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