War & Peace | Spoiler-Free Thoughts on Volumes 1 & 2 | Tips for Reading and Annotating

Описание: Tolstoy’s War and Peace is one of the longest novels ever written, so it is a huge undertaking. Is it worth the effort? I give you my honest thoughts on the first two volumes, plus my tips for anyone thinking of starting this mammoth book and a look at my annotation process. A complete newbie’s guide!

Time stamps below:

0:00 How and why I started reading War and Peace
2:19 Translations
5:17 Some advice of note-taking
6:54 Readabilty
7:27 Characters
8:54 Plot, structure, length, chronology
12:33 Themes
16:51 Class
19:26 Things I dislike
22:38 Tips and recommendations for starting W&P
23:45 Is W&P worth it? Final thoughts
25:45 How I annotate

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Edition:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy translated by Anthony Briggs published by Penguin Classics

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