![]() Tolstoy schmolstoy, let’s just add sexy people! As you can well imagine, this makes it less than ideal for a Hollywood blockbuster but someone decided to give it a try! In this case, that someone was MGM. The book is highly introspective, in fact, the majority of the pages are spent inside Olenin’s head. He is a self-absorbed young fellow and most readers can relate to his youthful pretentiousness and naïve imagination, perhaps with a slight blush. The secret is, perhaps, the author stand-in character of Olenin. The Cossacks is one of his shorter works, about 150-200 pages give or take, and also one of his most beloved. This edition of “War and Peace” weighs 2.6 lbs. When his works are short, they are such tight little bundles that it is almost impossible to add or subtract without causing the whole thing to crumble. ![]() When his works are long, they feature dozens and dozens of characters, elaborate plots and overwhelming scope. ![]() ![]() Be sure to read the other posts! Copycat CossacksĪdapting Tolstoy to the screen is a mighty difficult task. This post is my contribution to the Beyond the Cover Blogathon hosted by Now Voyaging and Speakeasy. Home Media Availability: Released on DVD. ![]()
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