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What’s the best translation of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy?

Not always accurate, but rich and engaging nonetheless: The BBC adaptation of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy on doing “a lot of bad things, without wishing to – simply from imitating grown-ups”

“Works which made an impression”: Leo Tolstoy’s favourite books from each stage of his life

The power of a sunset: how Viktor Frankl & Tolstoy’s Pierre Bezukhov are lifted from hardship by the beauty of nature

Tolstoy’s Pierre Bezukhov on why being knocked off course is “only the start of something new and good”

Lessons on failure from Pierre in Tolstoy’s War and Peace

“Head and shoulders above the others”: What James Joyce Thought of Leo Tolstoy

Reasons to Read Anna Karenina, Part 1: The Authenticity of Levin

Initial Thoughts on Rosamund Bartlett’s Translation of Anna Karenina

The Tolstoy Therapy Calendar of Wisdom: Quotes and Sayings to Nourish the Soul

Celebrating Tolstoy’s 186th Birthday with a Giveaway of A Calendar of Wisdom

If You Don’t Know Where to Go in Life, Try Reading War and Peace

Tips for Reading War and Peace & Getting Started with Leo Tolstoy

What Leo Tolstoy Can Teach Us About Overcoming Anxiety

‘Give War and Peace a Chance’ This Summer with Andrew D. Kaufman

12 Life Lessons to Gain From Reading Leo Tolstoy

Reading Tolstoy as a Twentysomething (& Completing His Major Works Before 21)

Tolstoy on the Importance of Books and Literacy in Prisons

On War & Peace: My Problems With The Pevear & Volokhonsky Translation (Part II)

On War & Peace: My Problems With The Pevear & Volokhonsky Translation (Part I)

An Extract From Tolstoy Therapy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy for a Fear of Death

What Bibliotherapy Means to Me

Why Read War and Peace? The Reasons Why I Love Tolstoy’s Masterpiece

Tolstoy’s A Calendar of Wisdom: The Best Self-Help Guide for Modern Life?

Childhood, Boyhood, Youth by Leo Tolstoy: Themes of Shyness and Self-Improvement

My Favourite Classical Music, featuring Haruki Murakami’s novels, The Road to Perdition Soundtrack, Chopin and more

Family Happiness, The Tolstoy Book Mentioned in Into the Wild

Which books would you take to a desert island?

War and Peace: Thoughts on the Epilogue

War and Peace: Thoughts on Volume IV

War and Peace: Thoughts on Volume III

Reading the Book of “Simple Pleasures” in Light of Tolstoy’s Pierre

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: Thoughts on Volume I

Reading Tolstoy’s War and Peace and Where to Start with Tolstoy

A Movie About Tolstoy’s Life: The Last Station (2009)

Tolstoy’s ‘Rules of Life’, Perfectionism and Constant Self-Improvement