How to Read Tolstoy's War and Peace
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0:00 how to read Tolstoy’s War and Peace
2:07 how to pace your reading of War and Peace
3:00 on sublimity, the epic, and grand
5:00 reading pace & habit creation
7:17 War and Peace reading milestones
9:13 how to make your reading rewarding
10:07 an ultra-slow reading option
11:02 choosing your translation of War and Peace
12:21 the Anthony Briggs translation
14:55 the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation
15:40 the Maude & Garnett translations
16:39 how to befriend the characters
18:10 why Tolstoy’s characters are extraordinary
21:57 how to remember character names
25:12 the importance of looking things up
26:01 giving yourself the gift of history
27:00 learning about Napoleon
29:30 Tolstoy’s meditations on warfare
31:30 how to learn about history
33:40 Tolstoy’s thoughts on history
38:03 how to understand Tolstoy’s art
39:07 the Tolstoic prose style
42:10 what is War and Peace?
45:45 appreciating adaptations
48:34 journalling & marginalia
50:27 the importance of discussion
52:03 some questions for you