LisaJ wrote:...the fact that she died before it could be finished makes the direction of the plots in the finished volumes and her plans for the characters in the final, unwritten volumes really fascinating. (Sorry this is a bit of a convoluted sentence, hope you understand what I mean!)
Lisa, I haven't got the book with me, but from the comments she made on what she had already written, and her plans for the rest, I got the impression she planned to re-work the parts now published. Did you?
Yes I think she would definitely have revised it - but I marvel at how much foresight and understanding she showed, given how close to the actual events it was written. I think if she had lived (and used her foresight to get out of France in time?) then it could have been one of the great literary works of the century, on a War and Peace scale.
Does anyone else think that it seems that she almost resigned herself to her fate in staying put?
regards
Lisa
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