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Welcome to Week 49 of War and Peace 2024, a year-long slow read of Leo Tolstoy's classic, a chapter a day.

This week, we have read the epilogue, Part 1, Chapters 1 – 6.

This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit footnotesandtangents.substack.com/subscribe",[289,282,16],"episodeShowNotes","[\"episodeShowNotes\",\"detail\",\"aa6b8c3e-4e4f-41ac-97c2-52946c6ee14d\"]","actionData","errors"]

Sorrow and Joy

Episode Description

Never lose your place, on any device