War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

General Resources

• Character Chart

• The Ideal Guide to War and Peace: War and Peace Resources at Your Fingertips

• Tolstoy Chronology from Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy

• Reading Guide: from Penguin Random House

• Map of Imperial Russia from The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature

• Excerpt on Tolstoy from The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature

• Excerpt from A History of Russia (Riasanovsky, Steinberg)

Podcasts

• "Tolstoy" from In Our Time podcast

• "War and Peace (Book 1, Part 1)" from The Slavic Literature Pod 

• "On Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'" from Writ Large

• "War & Peace Podnotes, A Study Guide" from Redcircle

• "Episode 147: Leo Tolstoy" from The History of Literature

Videos

• "Why should you read Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'? - Brendan Pelsue" from TED-Ed

• "How to Read Tolstoy's War and Peace" from Benjamin McEvoy via YouTube

• "Reading WAR & PEACE for the First Time" from Leaf by Leaf

Great Courses Lectures

Classics of Russian Literature:

• "Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, 1828–1910" (Lecture 16)

• "Tale of Two Cities and a Country Home" (Lecture 17)

• "Family Life Meets Military Life" (Lecture 18)

  • Lecture transcript and notes

Classic Novels- Meeting the Challenge of Great Literature:

• "Tolstoy - War & Peace" (Lecture 16)

• "Tolstoy - War & Peace, Part 2" (Lecture 17)

  • Lecture transcript and notes