War & Peace Resources

Welcome to quick-access hub for our year-long read of War and Peace on my personal Substack. This page is designed to allow you to quickly find all W&P resources in one place when not on the R&W’s page. I’ll keep it updated as new posts and podcast episodes are released. Our most recent post or episode will always be featured at the top, making it easy for you to follow along. If you’re not a subscriber of the Reader & the Writer Podcast, I encourage you to join us and stay connected to our bookish community!

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The bookmarks for July through September are attached below. This quarter, I created two versions—one with smaller dates to provide more room for notes & one with Simon’s weekly recaps and RW’s monthly episodes notated.


Posts & Podcast Episodes:

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War & Peace | Part 5 - May Reading
Welcome back to our year long read of War & Peace! In this episode, Shari and Rhea discuss all the drama that’s suddenly boiling over in this story. They discuss all the matchmaking that is suddenly happening, compare each couple’s foundation, complications, motives, etc. They talk about the Rostov’s downward spiral, and Pierre’s ever-deepening malaise …
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War and Peace | Part 4 - April Reading
Hello! Welcome to April’s reading of War & Peace…
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Interesting links to complement April’s reading:

  1. Freemasonry in Russia | “Catherine the Great and Freemasonry in Russia”

  2. Blue-stocking Ladies (bas bleu) | Blue-stocking ladies in art & Basic background information

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War and Peace | Episode 3-March Reading
Welcome to March’s reading of War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy. Things are heating up in 1806 Russia. Rhea and Shari have lots to discuss. They talk about the sad—and predictable—outcome at Austerlitz, Andrei’s injury and the ways it’s changed him… and ways it has not. They discuss Pierre’s sad situation: his bizarre dual with Dolokhov, and this newest way…
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War and Peace | Episode 2
Welcome to this second episode of War and Peace, R&W’s year long read. In this episode, Shari and Rhea talk and wonder about a whole host of topics. They talk about the scenes that stand out to them: Vasili’s cunning and manipulating, Old Bolkonsky’s gruff love, Nikolai’s obsession with the emperor, and Andrei’s Toulon. They do a deep dive in all study …
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A War & Peace Post
Happy weekend, R&W readers and listeners…
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War & Peace 1: January Reading
Welcome to this first episode of The Reader & the Writer’s year long read: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. In this introductory episode, Shari and Rhea do a brief background of Tolstoy as it relates to his writing of W&P, talk narrative strategy with Tolstoy’s omniscient narrator—who likes to pop out from behind the curtain sometimes in the chapters from …
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Other Great Resources:

- This is ’s page. I am a part of his year-long read of War and Peace, and it’s phenomenal! I love his page and interacting with all the people in his chat. To interact in his chat, I believe you must be a paid subscriber; however, it is worth it. Simon has a wealth of information available for War and Peace, so if you aren’t a subscriber, please check his page out.


Bookmarks

Wp Bookmark Jan - Mar
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Wp Bookmark Ap - June
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Wp Bookmark July Sept
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Wp Bookmarks July-Sept | Podcast Episodes Marked
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This bookmark has Simon's weekly recaps notated with one asterisk, and the Reader & the Writer's monthly episodes marked with two asterisks.
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Where in the world have the bookmarks landed?

I live in the States, but I think it would be fun to map out where the bookmarks have landed. Click on the button below if you would like to share your bookmark’s location. You can be as specific as you like or just keep it to a general area. For example, rather than naming the city, you could name the state or country. Even better, I’d love to see them in action. If you’re up for it, share a picture of your bookmark “in the wild” and tag me or the podcast The Reader & the Writer.

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Updated 6/17/25