Category Archives: Leo Tolstoy

An Update on War and Peace (by Bethany)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by lfpbe

  Pages read: 325 out of 1455 Anyone who has read Russian novels knows that it is almost impossible to keep all the names straight, as each character has a family name that is only mentioned once every three hundred … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Book One, Part One of War and Peace (by Bethany)

Posted on September 14, 2014 by lfpbe

  Pages read: 148 out of 1455 When I told Jill a while back that I planned to read War and Peace for PAT CONROY MONTH!!! this year, she said something to the effect that this endeavor might extend PAT … Continue reading →

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The Frou-Frou Diaries (and a Threesome!): Thoughts on Parts One and Two of Anna Karenina (by Bethany)

Posted on May 30, 2014 by lfpbe

I’ll start with the obvious: this novel is wonderful, truly one of the greatest novels ever written. It occurs to me as I write this that when I made a list of my fifteen favorite novels about a year and … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Opening of Anna Karenina

Posted on March 28, 2014 by lfpbe

I think the first chapter of Anna Karenina would be stronger without its iconic opening line. Am I even allowed to say this? Will lightning strike the minute I click ‘Publish’? It’s hard to find a novel more beloved and … Continue reading →

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Pre-Reading Notes on Anna Karenina (by Bethany)

Posted on February 24, 2014 by lfpbe

I haven’t given up on Paradise Lost – really I haven’t. For the last several weeks I’ve been preparing for the workshop I took this week, and now I have a deadline this Friday. After that, though, I want to … Continue reading →

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The Return of the AP English Challenge: Final Thoughts on Anna Karenin(a) (by Jill)

Posted on October 17, 2013 by badkitty1016

I don’t think I’ve ever put off writing about a book for as long as I’ve put off finishing up April’s AP English Challenge selection.  I started Anna Karenin(a) on April 4th, and finished it on June 13th, effectively derailing … Continue reading →

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Finally halfway through…. Thoughts on parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Anna Karenin(a). (by Jill)

Posted on May 27, 2013 by badkitty1016

So here is the primary problem with nineteenth century Russian novelists: they do tend to go on.  Back then people didn’t have quite as many things to do besides ride around in sledges and engage in extramarital affairs and read … Continue reading →

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It’s time to talk about April’s AP English Challenge: Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenin(a). Pre-reading thoughts by Jill

Posted on April 9, 2013 by badkitty1016

Anna Karenin(a) had been the summer reading book for AP English at SI since time immemorial, or at least since 1990, when June of 1993 rolled around and I finally got to read it.  AP English had been this dream … Continue reading →

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