War & Peace Podnotes, A Study Guide
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A chapter by chapter guide to Tolstoy's War & Peace. These are Summaries/Cliffnotes on a podcast, hence Podnotes. It is best used as a supplement to your reading of the classic.
The episodes and descriptions will provide information, context and commentary on each chapter -- and will likely take a lifetime to complete. The goal is for each episode to come in under 10 minutes.
The original work fluctuates between French and Russian and there are multiple English translations of War & Peace. [French was the language aristocrats in the Russian Empire used from the late 18th to early 20th century]. There are also variations on how War & Peace is chaptered. This podcast follows the commonly used chaptering contained in Penguin Classics and the Everyman's Library.
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3., Ch. 16: Oh, Chapter of Chapters!
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Second Epilogue: Ch. 7: Only The Almighty Stands Alone
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 15: Advance! Advance to Ignominy!
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 14: Target Pratzen
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 13: Vive l’Empereur!
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Bonus: Look Up Beyond the Vanity
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 12: Vainglorious Aspiration
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 11: Gen. Savary Perceives Vulnerability
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Bonus: Tolstoy Fusing His Own Vice Into The Story
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 10: Toast to the Czar
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 9: The Most Remarkable of Men
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Bonus: Calvary Maiden II, Durova's Formative Years
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May 28, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 8: Old Fashioned Emperor Worship
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May 22, 2025 |
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Sevastopol Sketch II (Pt.1): Truth As Everlasting Hero, May of 1855
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 7 (II of II): Andrei v. Rostov
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 7 (I of II): The Confidence of Youth
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Bonus: Calvary Maiden Intro - W&P source material
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 6: A Mother's Love
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 5: I Will Never Marry Your Son
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch 4: Anatole's Undeniable Charm
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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"The Blessings of Love" Tolstoy's 1908 Letter
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 3: Sacred Readies for Profane
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Sevastopol Sketch 1 (II of II): The Fourth Bastion, December 1854
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 2: Pierre se marie
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Sevastopol Sketch 1 (I of II): December of 1854, Shades of Andrei in Austerlitz
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Second Epilogue, Chapter 5: Livestock & The Duality of Power
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 1: Pierre, Gentlemen of the Bedchamber
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Recitation & Gearing Up For Part III of Book 1
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 21: And Why Did I Come Here?
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Introduction to The Sevastopol Sketches
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Bonus: The Siege of Izmail - December 1790
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 20: The Immortal Captain Tushin
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 19: Nicolas Displays the Courage of a Hare
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 18: Blood Spilled at Schöngrabern
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt.2, Ch. 17: How Dependent is Victory on Will?
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May 27, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 16: Death, the Strangest Fear of Men
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May 17, 2024 |
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Bonus: Interview with Prof. Mikaberidze (3 of 3) Nature of Holy Roman Empire
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 14-15: Murat's Reticence Infuriates Napoleon
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Bonus: Interview with Prof. Alexander Mikaberidze (2 of 3) The Third Coalition
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Bonus: Interview with LSU History Prof. Alexander Mikaberidze (I of 3) Focus on Kutuzov
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 13: Kutuzov's scars
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 12: Jean Lannes Takes The Tabor Bridge With His Brass....
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 11: Les Nôtres in Das Heiliges Römisches Reich
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 9b-10: Andrei reaches Brünn, the Austrian Seat of Power
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 9a: Chased towards Vienna (through Lambach, Amstetten & Dürenstein)
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 8: Nikolai's Baptism By Fire
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 6-7: Prince Nesvitsy & the Bridge
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 5: A Matter of Honour (for Nikolai)
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 4: Capt. Denisov's Money is Stolen
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Bonus - Second Epilogue, Chapter 4: Power as Collective Will
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ep. 3: Napoleon's Mastery at Ulm, Bavaria (Oct. 1805)
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ep. 2: Timohin & The Siege of Izmail (Dec. 1790)
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 2, Ch. 1: Arrival at Braunau, Austria
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Recitation: Book 1 Part 1 (Chapters 1-25)
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt.1, Ch. 25: Death Before Dishonor
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May 30, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 24: Where Have All the Potemkins Gone?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 23: Marlborough Man (Off to War; Will He Return?)
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 22 [2 of 2]: Letters of Marya & Julie
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 22 [1 of 2]: The King of Prussia (Prince Andrei's father)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 21: A Death in the Family
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Bonus - Recitation II: Chapters 11-20
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 20: Last Moments Between Father & Son (The Count & Pierre)
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 19: Pierre Must Step Up and Be a Man
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 18: Succession & Scandal
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 17: Ilya Rostov Flies Like an Eagle
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 16: Bonaparte Stopped Austria's "Cackle" and Russia is Next
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Bonus - Second Epilogue, Ch. 3: The Locomotive of History
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 15: Cigars & Politics
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Bonus - Second Epilogue, Ch. 2: Not the Cause for the Cause
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 14: Rubles for Boris
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Bonus - Second Epilogue, Ch.1: History of Gods & Men
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 13: Pierre Invades England (A dramatic portrayal)
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 12: To Count Bezukhov's!
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 11 (2 of 2): The Art of Asking Without Asking
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Bonus - Introduction to the Second Epilogue
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 11 (1 of 2): Vera! Vera! Vera!
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Bonus - Recitation I: Chapters 1-10
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May 17, 2022 |
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Book 1, Part 1, Chapter 10: Young Love
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May 11, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 9: Nicholas Joins the Hussars
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 8: The Young Rostovs
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 7: What The Boys Did With That Bear
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 6 (2 of 2): Dolokhov, Wild & Crazy!
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 6 (1 of 2): Andrei & Pierre, Friends Desirous of the Other
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 5: Pierre Escapes Into the St. Petersburg Night
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 4: Pierre Exhibits the Confidence of Youth
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 3: Andrei Bolkonsky Introduced
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 2: Entrer, Pierre Bezukhov
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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Book 1, Part 1, Chapter 1: Soirée in St. Petersburg, July 1805
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Introduction to War & Peace Podnotes
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Mar 01, 2019 |