/lit/ - Literature

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You figured out the easiest part of Tolstoy, what his writing is. The hard part is find out HOW?

A lot of writers, and I mean a lot, has the same elements to their writing as your described. Yet, in most of the cases, this results in a feeling of drag, a feeling of 'unnecessary detailing', or a feeling of 'get to the point already'.
But Tolstoy's writing, possessing the same elements, do not feel this way even once. This is the greater mystery to be figured out in my opinion.

Which book do you think is peak literature? One that all writer only wishes they could write but never succeeds?

It's Anna Karenina for me.

I'm not a native English speaker, but my English is pretty good after lengthy, intensive reading and writing sessions.
But one week without reading or writing English and I forget even the common sentence structures and basic grammar rules.
I know the knee jerk answer is 'well just keep up your reading sessions every week then'. But I am really looking for something permanent, something that would afford me breaks with the language without deterioration.