Reading War and Peace
Carol Andrews
War and Peace, according to Leo Tolstoy, is “not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle.” It is, however, Tolstoy’s most highly regarded work even if perhaps his least read one. The culprit for the latter tends to be the book’s length … but Dr. Carol Andrews and Leigh Rich, in conjunction with The Learning Center, have a remedy for that: an eight-week forum for reading and discussion. The reading group-slash-seminar begins Friday, January 13, with a three-part program titled “Moscow Occupied, 1812: Napoleon, Tchaikovsky, and Tolstoy” on Thursday, January 12, to help kick off the voyage. This week, Leigh interviews Dr. C about the impetus for this War and Peace adventure, with P. T. joining in to man the oars.
More information about both programs can be found at The Learning Center and on page 14 of the Winter 2023 catalog.
“Moscow Occupied, 1812: Napoleon, Tchaikovsky, and Tolstoy,” January 12, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (lunch provided)
- Napoleon and Russia, 1805–1812, lecture by Janet Stone
- Tchaikovsky and “The 1812 Overture”: History and Music, lecture by Warren Heilman
- The Truths of War and Peace, lecture by Carol Andrews
“War and Peace: A Forum for Reading and Discussion,” January 13–March 3, 3:30–5 p.m.
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