This week, parents and older siblings everywhere are tortured by the Rostovs’ inability to get out the door on time…
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Pierre is going his way, and Helene is going hers. In this episode, we talk through Helene’s strange dilemma and follow Pierre into his revelation about the simple life. Then we discuss how this odd couple’s drastically different narratives help us understand each character better.
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Wracking his brain for one more way to get his point across, Tolstoy turns to physics in his quest to obliterate opposition to his philosophy of history.
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Does Tolstoy cross a line in his criticism of Napoleon? We discuss that question, as well as the unbelievable conclusion to Andrei’s revenge quest, in this episode.
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In this episode, the War and Peace team follow Pierre haphazardly into battle and, by comparing and contrasting two styles of leadership, consider how Tolstoy might be using military authority to talk about Providence.
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The gang is finally back together again today to puzzle through Tolstoy’s portrayal of Napoleon on the eve of Borodino.
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Ian and Emily take a quick pitstop in Denmark with Prince Andrei on the eve of the Battle of Borodino.
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Ian abandons Emily and Megan as they attempt to read Tolstoy’s map of the Battle of Borodino.
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Love is in the air once again! In this episode, we talk about Marya and Nikolai’s meet-cute, as well as Kutuzov’s love for Russia, Andrei, and women…er, propriety.
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In this episode, the War and Peace team takes some time to reevaluate their opinion of Princess Marya, discussing one of the most poignant moments since Pierre extended grace to Natasha.
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Russia appears to be falling apart at the seams, but the Bolkhonsky family may be falling apart faster. In this episode, the War and Peace team attempts to sort out Andrei’s family dynamics and filter them through Tolstoy’s understanding of history.
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Medicine, religion, nationalism, superstition, romance, and the Antichrist – Tolstoy wants to talk about it all, and the War and Peace team tries to keep up in one of the most loaded sections of our reading thus far!
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In which Andrei and Nikolai have opinions about the war, and we have opinions about Andrei and Nikolai…
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We continue our discussion of Volume 3 by taking a look at how Tolstoy works out the opening essay in the chapters that follow. We take a look at how Napoleon has changed, examine Andrei’s analysis of the Russian court, and wrestle through the relative merits of the Bolkhonsky showdown at Bald Hills.
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The War and Peace team is back to kick off Volume 3! In this episode, we strive to understand Tolstoy’s opening essay and consider how this philosophy of history influences our reading of his story thus far.
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Oooo we’re halfway there! In this episode, we review Volume 2 of War and Peace. We take a look at where we’ve come and speculate about where we’re going, following thematic threads like happiness, worthiness, and reformation.
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In this episode, we wrap up Volume II and bask in the glow of Pierre’s greatest triumph yet.
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Just when things couldn’t get any worse, they do. We take a hard look at Natasha’s romantic disaster and attempt to make some sense of what went wrong.
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There’s a war going on somewhere out there, and Andrei isn’t here…In this episode the War and Peace team begin to tackle the climactic ending to Volume II.
Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812
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Pierre takes centerstage as the War and Peace team discusses his role as observer in Moscow!
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