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Old 09-13-2009, 11:43 PM   #165
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With all due respect, in average American parlance, War and Peace is a book, not a work. I can't speak for the rest of the English-speaking world. My car is more accurately described as a sedan, but most people would just call it a car.
Well I'm an American myself, and I would certainly call War and Peace a novel. The traditional medium for it being a book.

A car is a vehicle with a motor and typically four wheels. Certainly a Sedan falls under that definition. A book is a collection of papers bound together at one end...

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