Volume 1 (Books 1-3) -- August 15 through September 26

Character Guide + Family Trees

Just read here that there are over 600 characters in War and Peace.  Hopefully this is a guide to the most substantial that Tolstoy introduces.  Beware, there may be spoilers in the character descriptions or family tree.

Cliff's Notes Character Guides (listed by family)

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/w/war-and-peace/character-list

Wikipedia:  War and Peace Family Trees

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_War_and_Peace_characters#/media/File:Tree_of_Rostov,_Bolkonsky_and_other_families.png

Proposed Reading Schedule

OK folks, could you all post on here once you get your copy of the book, and let us know the translation/printing you have?  That will help in creating our reading schedule.

Searching for Members

Message me on Facebook or email me if you would like to join me in reading War and Peace starting Monday 8/14.  You'll get access to post on this Blog, and we can ramble and ask questions of each other here.