Thursday, February 04, 2016

The book most people have lied about reading – and it's not War and Peace

War and Peace stars Paul Dano, Lily James and James Norton, who have been vague about completing the novel
War and Peace stars Paul Dano, Lily James and James Norton, who have been vague about completing the novel Credit: BBC 

You might expect hefty Russian tome War And Peace to be the book that Britons are most likely to have lied about reading.
But children's favourite Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is responsible for the most literary fibs, according to a BBC survey.

Those who have struggled to make any headway into Leo Tolstoy's classic, currently taking centre stage in the Sunday night TV schedule, can take heart that it is still responsible for plenty of deceit, coming fourth on the list of books that we lie to our friends about having read.

George Orwell's 1984 and JRR Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings trilogy came second and third respectively, while Tolstoy made another appearance at number five with Anna Karenina.

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