War and Peace - How Tolstoy Challenges Historians (summary & analysis)

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  @Fiction_Beast · 4 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Tolstoy&apos;s other masterpiece: Anna Karenina <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKDK5-KYDvw">https://youtu.be/RKDK5-KYDvw</a><br>Tolstoy vs Dostoevsky <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRjI8OPs2Xg">https://youtu.be/NRjI8OPs2Xg</a><br>Tolstoy vs Dickens: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlWD8PyBpM">https://youtu.be/BrlWD8PyBpM</a><br>Tolstoy&apos;s Philosophy: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8GbYUxoyKo">https://youtu.be/j8GbYUxoyKo</a><br>I have spent a lot of time talking about Dostoevsky, so in the next few videos I will talk about Tolstoy and his major novels. This is the first in a series of video on Tolstoy. Let me know if you have read Tolstoy&apos;s novels and what is your favourite one. Sposibo bolshoi!

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  @durwinpocha2488 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Life is a dream and death is waking up from that dream.&quot; &nbsp; Leo Tolstoy.

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  @suev3339 · 3 years ago

  Pierre — “One must live, one must love, one must believe.”

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  @nigelbryant7980 · 4 years ago

  Now, Tolstoy’s brilliant views on history seem self evident. Thus, we forget how revolutionary Tolstoy’s ideas were at the time and how important he is today.

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  @reaganwiles_art · 4 years ago

  to anyone interested, look at Tolstoys manuscript pages. They are almost illegible, only his wife could read them they were written in such a passionate haste.

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  @Rummzzeee · 2 years ago

  Anyone else catch that “Perhaps Tolstoy looked down on napoleon because napoleon was a short man” 😂😂😂

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  @keithnaylor1981 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The 7 hour Russian film version from 1966-67 is the greatest epic film ever made. Moving romance with incredible battle scenes all put together with unique inventive artistry.

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  @colinellesmere · 4 years ago

  This analysis is one of the densest most brilliant discourses I have heard. Well worth repeated listening. I can well believe you spent 90 hours to make this video &nbsp;And it should not be forgotten the background knowledge you already held. I have only recently discovered yout channel. Youtube has some outstanding channels on history and literature, and you sir rightfully belong in this category.

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  @Wgilly81 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Imagine the conversations between Hugo &amp; Tolstoy 🤯

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  @praveengopu9325 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDPSSYUSRb0&amp;t=1218">20:18</a> <br>amazing philosophical context

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  @suev3339 · 3 years ago

  Reading the book War and Peace at the age of 71 for the first time I really have to say — It’s a treatise on the story of history thru men as the Almighty moves them to accomplish His purposes. Most spectacular classic I’ve ever read.

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  @TheBeesKnees13579 · 3 years ago

  The biggest surprise about reading this to me was that it’s very easy to read compared to many books. It’s simply written, well organized, and most importantly to me it is split up into very small sections so it feels like you are reading quickly.

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