It’s no secret that I love War and Peace. I’ve shared the reasons why before,…
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Not always accurate, but rich and engaging nonetheless: The BBC adaptation of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The cast of 2016’s BBC1 production of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Photograph: Mitch Jenkins/BBC The…
Tolstoy on doing “a lot of bad things, without wishing to – simply from imitating grown-ups”
When researching Tolstoy, I find myself noticing a common theme of failure: of not being…
“Works which made an impression”: Leo Tolstoy’s favourite books from each stage of his life
Tolstoy, 1895. Published by Cassell and Co, NY, 1911. In 1891, a Petersburg publisher (who was…
The power of a sunset: how Viktor Frankl & Tolstoy’s Pierre Bezukhov are lifted from hardship by the beauty of nature
Despite experiencing unimaginable hardship during the Holocaust, Viktor Frankl describes in Man’s Search for Meaning how…
Tolstoy’s Pierre Bezukhov on why being knocked off course is “only the start of something new and good”
My favourite translation by Anthony Briggs and published by Penguin. A fortnight ago I submitted my…