Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

Please share any helpful sites, books, articles, videos, audios, etc. that you have found helpful or informative in reading War and Peace.

This is what we have so far:

Characters

Wikipedia -- List of Characters in Order of Appearance
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and...)

Wikipedia -- Alphabetical List of Characters
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...)

Wikipedia -- Eastern Slavic Naming Customs
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern...)


Helpful Stuff

How to Read War and Peace
(https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/how-t...)


Translations -- Correlations

Maude		Briggs			Pevear/Volokhonsky	
(1922-23)	(2005)			(2007)
Book 1		Vol. 1, Pt. 1		Vol. 1, Pt. 1
Book 2		Vol. 1, Pt. 2 		Vol. 1, Pt. 2
Book 3		Vol. 1, Pt. 3		Vol. 1, Pt. 3
Book 4		Vol. 2, Pt. 1		Vol. 2, Pt. 1
Book 5		Vol. 2, Pt. 2		Vol. 2, Pt. 2
Book 6		Vol. 2, Pt. 3		Vol. 2, Pt. 3
Book 7		Vol. 2, Pt. 4		Vol. 2, Pt. 4
Book 8		Vol. 2, Pt. 5		Vol. 2, Pt. 5
Book 9		Vol. 3, Pt. 1		Vol. 3, Pt. 1
Book 10		Vol. 3, Pt. 2		Vol. 3, Pt. 2
Book 11		Vol. 3, Pt. 3		Vol. 3, Pt. 3
Book 12		Vol. 4, Pt. 1		Vol. 4, Pt. 1	
Book 13		Vol. 4, Pt. 2		Vol. 4, Pt. 2
Book 14		Vol. 4, Pt. 3		Vol. 4, Pt. 3
Book 15		Vol. 4, Pt. 4		Vol. 4, Pt. 4
Epilogue 1	Epilogue, Pt. 1		Epilogue, Pt. 1
Epilogue 2	Epilogue, Pt. 2		Epilogue, Pt. 2

Additional Reading

Give War and Peace a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times by Andrew D. Kaufman

Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li by Yiyun Li




Contributors: Ian, James, JennSue, and Shannon

FWIW, the Briggs translation seems to follow the numbering of the Pevear translation. So for those of us going for the Penguin "exquisitely accessible" version, the Pevear analogues to Maude should work!

Great!

Some translations explain the variations of Russian names, but others don't, and sometimes the explanations aren't comprehensive enough to be helpful. For anyone interested in a dedicated survey of naming practices, see the Wikipedia article on "Eastern Slavic Naming Customs."

It is kind of long, but I wish it had been available when I was reading War and Peace in High School and College.

Ian wrote: "Some translations explain the variations of Russian names, but others don't, and sometimes the explanations aren't comprehensive enough to be helpful. For anyone interested in a dedicated survey of..."

Here's the link for Ian's recommended article -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern...

For anyone who's interested, the entire Russian movie with English subtitles is available on YouTube for free. It's the one that's directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, and it's over 7 hours long!

The book has so many characters, and it can be helpful to see them, I think. I've only watched the first few minutes, but I plan on slowly watching all of it as I read, or maybe I'll just go crazy and binge it in December when I'm done, lol. :)

Here's the link to part one: https://youtu.be/bIij-KQ0jYU

Shannon wrote: "For anyone who's interested, the entire Russian movie with English subtitles is available on YouTube for free. It's the one that's directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, and it's over 7 hours long!

The b..."

This is an excellent movie!! I saw it when it premiered in the US in the late 60s. At over 7 hours, it was shown in two separate weeks.

It’s also available in its original 4 movie version on HBO Max if you subscribe to that.

Oh that's right, James! I forgot I saw it on HBO Max the other day.

Good to know, Karen! I'd hate to invest over seven hours into a bad movie, lol. :)

Anyone read this?

I just started reading it, and so far I'm really enjoying it.

Shannon wrote: "Anyone read this?

I just started reading it, and so far I'm really enjoying it."

Yes, I've been reading it along with War and Peace, and I agree with you it is an enjoyable and an easy read.

Thanks for getting all this started Karen. I was a little out of service recently.

If you want to add Constance Garnett (Translation Date-1904) to the list, it follows the same format as the Maude translation except that "books" are referred to as "parts" Parts and chapters only. No mention of books or volumes.

That's the one I'm reading.