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by svdr 3731 days ago
One of the main characters in Tolstoy's War and Peace (Pierre) was also almost executed. You can read the scene here:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2600/2600-h/2600-h.htm#link2...
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jveld 3731 days ago
Fascinating! I wonder if Tolstoy was depecting Dostoevsky. I guess I'll have to read War and Peace as my enormous literary undertaking of the summer.
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svdr 3731 days ago
Highly recommended!
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