Reading War and Peace

[Bag Lady]

Page 681

The halfway point has been breached

[ThruBeingCool]

My estimation is that this thread should be over by the end of the month if Gillian keeps her present pace up.

Fingers crossed eh?

[Bag Lady]

Page 777.

[airflamesred]

777 you say.

[Bag Lady]

777 you say.

Volume III, Part II, Chapter 5 if you prefer.

[porkymeat]

777 you say.

Volume III, Part II, Chapter 5 if you prefer.

Word number?

[airflamesred]

777 you say.

Volume III, Part II, Chapter 5 if you prefer.

You're very kind, I am a digit kinda guy though. How are the glasses holding up in these trying times?

[Bag Lady]

Page 797

I'm perfecting my glasses wearing technique. I think I've mastered the stern, quizzical look when looking over them at someone who has disturbed my reading.

[Bag Lady]

777 you say.

Volume III, Part II, Chapter 5 if you prefer.

Word number?

Apparently there are 587,287 words in War and Peace. Without going back and counting could we take a chance that halfway through the book is halfway through the words and say that I've read roughly 293,500? That pushes an extra 574 into the second half. On reflection that is only 0.0977% of the total word count which doesn't allow Tolstoy much margin to use lots more short words as the climax builds.

[elvisintheclouds]

Volume III, Part II, Chapter 5 if you prefer.

Word number?

Apparently there are 587,287 words in War and Peace. Without going back and counting could we take a chance that halfway through the book is halfway through the words and say that I've read roughly 293,500? That pushes an extra 574 into the second half. On reflection that is only 0.0977% of the total word count which doesn't allow Tolstoy much margin to use lots more short words as the climax builds.

Excecellent!

[Bag Lady]

I've demanded a recount. Word count divided by number of pages gives roughly 432 words per page. Times that by current pages read and that means 344,304 words perused.

[PaulinLondon]

Are we there yet ?