War and Peace vocabulary

The next day the protective bubble about their idyll finally burst and the troubles of the real world came rushing in.

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"But I can finish your idyll for you. You gave her good advice and broke her heart. That was the beginning of your reformation."

Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray

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That’s all very well as an idyllic episode, but for your whole life that won’t answer.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina

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creating the idyllic little story “Family Happiness” (1859), or when a few years later while working on War and Peace,

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman . Simon & Schuster