tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012744915676074134.post544110242566592228..comments2024-03-17T18:05:23.453-07:00Comments on Worthwhile Books : Surprisingly Short Classicshopeinbrazilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05842290165385823751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012744915676074134.post-78578956882537278482017-09-16T15:37:31.758-07:002017-09-16T15:37:31.758-07:00I just read The Death of Ivan Ilych earlier this y...I just read The Death of Ivan Ilych earlier this year - quite poignant. Around the World in Eighty Days is 130 pages - not much more. The Thirty-Nine Steps was 90. The Old Man and the Sea was 128. It was nice to listen to them as audiobooks to break up the longer ones like Middlemarch.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012744915676074134.post-29499387047847579522017-09-15T21:03:08.170-07:002017-09-15T21:03:08.170-07:00I knew The Death of Ivan I was short, but 54 pages...I knew The Death of Ivan I was short, but 54 pages!? This might be the first Tolstoy I tackle then rather than Anna Karenina with its 900 odd pages.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.com