Highs and lows

All Tolstoy's Parties #14–16

This is a bonus post for paying subscribers to accompany a weekly discussion post on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace.

A country festival painting by Ilya Repin. Source.

#14 Uncle’s Cabin (5/5)

Without a doubt the best party so far! A cosy wooden house with the scent of woodsmoke and fresh apples: a refuge from the winter night and society’s cold stone hearts. …