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Lisa Guidarini's avatar

I've read W&P once, many years ago. I loved it, but had to read it too quickly for a book discussion group. I've meant to get back to it. I'm just seeing this now, which means I'd be 21 days behind. 😬 It's very tempting, just not sure I can catch up. I don't remember how long the chapters are, though I could actually get up and look!

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Jeremy Anderberg's avatar

It's definitely not too hard to catch up — chapters are just a handful of pages each. :)

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Ted's avatar

I’m trying to catch up too, having just reached the dreadful Prince Vasily’s arrival at the Bolkonsky estate. What day ye about that snake?

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JD Heyman's avatar

Jeremy -- War and Peace changed my life !! Everybody needs to read it, and you are just the person to guide the way to Bald Hills and Moscow and the muddy battlefields of Poland: https://culturewag.substack.com/p/everything-that-happens-in-life-is

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Jeremy Anderberg's avatar

Thanks JD!

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Patricia J.'s avatar

...as I immediately go the book and see how long each chapter is. lol.

Really this sounds like a great idea. I especially am prone to Reason 1.

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Jeremy Anderberg's avatar

Yes! The chapters are super short and doable. Like Tolstoy knew we'd need this in the 21st century. :)

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Joezer P John's avatar

This is very good.

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Ted's avatar

We’re entering the part of the book that normally defeats me. Any tips? Tolstoy’s philosophizing was hard for me to follow when I was a lad. Curious to see how I take to it now.

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Caitlin H. Mallery's avatar

I just found this newsletter, but I had already decided I would read War and Peace for myself after being gifted it for my birthday in 2021 ( and yes I asked for it). I look forward to reading alongside other people

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