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Old 08-21-2017, 03:57 PM   #281
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Originally Posted by RobertoOG View Post
Hi guys, so I'm starting to read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, and I'm wondering if I should count it for this challenge as one book (because it's just one title) or as three books (because it has a subdivision in three volumes, each one having a bunch of chapters).

What do you think? How would you count it in this challenge?

Thank you!
It was common to publish a novel in multiple volumes in the 1800s. Most readers read novels via subscription libraries, so the operators got maximum profit and turnaround by lending 3 thinner volumes rather than 1 big volume - but it was still 1 novel.
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