War and Peace 2025

Welcome to the main page for the 2025 slow read of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, a chapter a day.

• The Reading Schedule (with links to daily chat threads)

• The Weekly Updates (footnotes, tangents, summaries and discussion)

• The Characters of War and Peace (plot summaries for every character)

• For the impatient: The complete book guide from 2024

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Introduction and welcome pack:

Join the 2025 'War and Peace' Slow Read

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The Weekly Posts

W&P #16: A semblance of life

W&P #15: A hundred days of War and Peace

W&P #14: Two men in a boat

W&P #13: Regenerate me

W&P #12: The house of love and ruin

W&P #11: The hazards of love

W&P #10: Rostovaganza!

W&P #9: Infinite sky

W&P #8: Young blood

W&P #7: Daydreams and nightmares

W&P #6: Waiting for history to happen

W&P #5: A beautiful world made ugly

W&P #4: Fear and love at Bald Hills

W&P #3: A heart needs a home

W&P #2: Life at both ends

W&P #1: An invitation to a soirée

Welcome to War and Peace 2025

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