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War & Peace Podnotes, A Study Guide

Sean Roman

The episode and episode descriptions will provide information, context and commentary on how each chapter plays out. The goal is for each episode to be under 10 minutes. There are multiple English versions of W&P containing variations in the translation of Tolstoy's French and Russian. The original work fluctuates back and forth between these two languages. There are also variations on how War & Peace is chaptered. This podcast follows the commonly used chapters contained in Penguin Classics and the Everyman's Library.

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111 episodes

  1. Bk. 2, Pt. 1, Ch. 11-12: Only Have Eyes For You 8:25
  2. 1806: A Good Year for L'Homme du Destin 10:26
  3. Bk. 2, Pt. 1, Ch. 10: Even Feydor Dolokhov Has A Mother 9:31
  4. Bk. 2, Pt. 1. Ch. 9: Death & Life 6:41
  5. Bk. 2 Pt. 1 Ch. 7-8: The Most Solemn Mystery 9:45
  6. Le Duel - Tolstoy's Influences 9:46
  7. Bk. 2, Pt. 1, Ch. 6: Devil in The Galley 9:26
  8. Bk. 2, Pt. 1, Ch. 5: Better Lucky Than Good 7:35
  9. Mazepa! 16:46
  10. Bk. 2, Pt. 1, Ch. 4: Mad As Hell And Not Going To Take It! 9:41
  11. Second Epilogue: Ch. 8: Hauling the Log 9:56
  12. Bk. 2, Pt. 1. Ch. 3: The Cuckold 10:36
  13. Bk. 2, Pt. 1, Ch. 2: In Need of a Hero 8:57
  14. Bk. 2, Pt. 1, Ch. 1: Welcome Home 8:25
  15. Sevastopol Sketch II, May of 1855 (Part 2 of 3): Mikhailov & Co. 12:16
  16. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 19: little napoleon 10:26
  17. Aleksei Nikitin: In the Spirit of Tolstoy 9:54
  18. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 18(B): Breaking the Ice 8:59
  19. Czar Alexandr: A Background 8:54
  20. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 18(A): Alexandr Among the Ash Heap 7:16
  21. For Whom Do You Sacrifice? 6:17
  22. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 17: Decimation of Uvaróv's Calvary 9:52
  23. Bk. 1, Pt. 3., Ch. 16: Oh, Chapter of Chapters! 10:27
  24. Second Epilogue: Ch. 6: Only The Almighty Stands Alone 8:48
  25. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 15: Advance! Advance to Ignominy! 7:33
  26. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 14: Target Pratzen 7:02
  27. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 13: Vive l’Empereur! 8:14
  28. Look Up Beyond the Vanity 5:24
  29. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 12: Vainglorious Aspiration 9:49
  30. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 11: Gen. Savary Perceives Vulnerability 9:54
  31. Tolstoy Fusing In His Own Vice 14:37
  32. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 10: Toast to the Czar 9:46
  33. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 9: Adam Czartoryski - A Most Remarkable Man 8:55
  34. Calvary Maiden II, Nadezhda Durova's Formative Years 9:30
  35. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 8: Old Fashioned Emperor Worship 6:52
  36. Sevastopol Sketch II, May of 1855 (Part 1): Truth As Everlasting Hero 9:05
  37. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 7(B): Andrei v. Nicholas 8:34
  38. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 7(A): Confidence of Youth 9:53
  39. Calvary Maiden Introduction: W&P source material 11:45
  40. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 6: A Mother's Love 9:50
  41. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 5: I Will Never Marry Your Son 9:40
  42. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch 4: Anatole's Charm 9:58
  43. "The Blessings of Love" Tolstoy's 1908 Letter 8:47
  44. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 3: Sacred Readies for Profane 9:54
  45. Sevastopol Sketch I, December of 1854 (II of II) 8:14
  46. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 2: Pierre se marie 9:40
  47. Sevastopol Sketch 1 (Part I of II): December of 1854, Shades of Andrei in Austerlitz 8:01
  48. Second Epilogue, Chapter 5: Livestock & The Duality of Power 9:04
  49. Bk. 1, Pt. 3, Ch. 1: Pierre, Gentlemen of the Bedchamber 8:56
  50. Recitation & Gearing Up For Part III of Book 1 14:59