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19162282 No.19162282 [Reply] [Original]

Hello Russian bros, does Tolstoy really describe Karatayev's dog in the 4th volume of War and Peace as 'purple'? Or is my translation faulty? Because how can a dog BE FUCKING PURPLE?

>> No.19162689

>>19162282
Post the exact chapter, subchapter, and preferably the paragraph as well (take a photo of it).

>> No.19162714

>>19162282
Maybe he was cold.

>> No.19162729

he describes him as "lilac"

>> No.19162772

>>19162282
ur translation a shit

>> No.19164635

W&P
>chapters
>parts
>volumes

JR: