War and Peace with Footnotes and Tangents

Simon Haisell
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Weekly summaries and discussion, footnotes and tangents, for a year-long slow read of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, a chapter a day. footnotesandtangents.substack.com

Episodes

  1. 01/07/2025

    W&P #1: An Invitation to a Soirée

    Welcome to Footnotes and Tangents. I am your guide, Simon Haisell, and this is a year-long slow read of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, a chapter a day. Each week, I dive into the detail, with summaries, background, footnotes and tangents to enrich your reading. Read the full post there. 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

    16 min

  2. TRAILER

    Welcome to War and Peace 2025

    From 1 January, we will read War and Peace, one chapter a day. Each week, I send out a post and podcast with summaries and a discussion of the last seven chapters. Each day, we meet in the chat threads to talk about that day’s chapter. Read the full post there. 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

    6 min

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Weekly summaries and discussion, footnotes and tangents, for a year-long slow read of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, a chapter a day. footnotesandtangents.substack.com

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