(I couldn't finish War and Peace though)
Was that because you didn't have time to finish it or because you couldn't dig your way through it? WP has been translated many times and each one is different. A good translation makes all the difference. The big problem is Russian names. A Russian will have a half dozen names or more. Which is used depends on who is talking to him. It gets completely confused for a non-Russian speaker. A good translation will use the same name for the person all the way through and it makes the reading far less confusing and much more enjoyable.
