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Books by Leo Tolstoy mentioned on podcasts
Leo Tolstoy's literary contributions were discussed across several podcasts. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Jacob Howland recalled his mother reading him the short story How Much Land Does a Man Need? during his childhood. On How I Write, Dana Gioia praised Anna Karenina as the greatest novel ever written, and a host compared the expansive scope and themes of War and Peace to an English version of The Lord of the Rings. War and Peace was also recommended by Stephanie Slade on The Ezra Klein Show as a massive investment of time that is entirely worth it, while Maureen Callahan used the title on The Megyn Kelly Show to contrast it with a much lighter read. Freakonomics Radio highlighted the famous opening line of Anna Karenina concerning happy and unhappy families. Additionally, Tolstoy's A Calendar of Wisdom was recommended by hosts on both The Daily Stoic and No Stupid Questions as a valuable daily devotional featuring various thoughts and reflections.
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is a monumental historical novel blending grand military strategy with intimate domestic life against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.
Discussed“This is from Toltoy's Leo Toltoy who was a great Russian author. He wrote Warren Peace and Anacredina. Um, many people believe that Warren Peace is the greatest novel ever written.”
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental masterpiece of nineteenth-century literature exploring themes of love, family, societal hypocrisy, and tragic fate.
Discussed“I mean, he writes Anna Karenina, which is one of the great masterpieces of world literature, and then says, he repudiates it and says, I shouldn't have written it”
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
Leo Tolstoy’s novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories, examines the superficiality of conventional bourgeois life and a dying man's agonizing confrontation with his own mortality.
Discussed“Our topic for today is Tolstoy's short story. You could call it a novella. The death of even Illyitch. David, welcome to Econ Talk.”
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How Much Land Does a Man Need?
How Much Land Does a Man Need? is a renowned short story by Leo Tolstoy that explores human greed, ethics, and moral choices.
Discussed“And I should reference the other episode we did on a Tolstoy short story, which was "Master and Man," which also romanticizes the peasant as the real hero, but it's an incredible masterpiece.”
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Master and Man and Other Stories
Master and Man and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Leo Tolstoy that features moral explorations of human nature, greed, and the spiritual redemption found in simplicity.
Discussed“And I should reference the other episode we did on a Tolstoy short story, which was "Master and Man," which also romanticizes the peasant as the real hero, but it's an incredible masterpiece.”
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A Calendar of Wisdom
A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy is a daily devotional featuring inspirational quotes, philosophical thoughts, and reflections curated by the renowned author during the final years of his life.
Discussed“I think it's stupid that the USSR banned and suppressed Tolstoy's a calendar of wisdom for its religious content, right, because it had Christian themes in it”
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A Confession
Leo Tolstoy's A Confession is a profound and intensely personal philosophical work detailing the author's harrowing spiritual crisis and his ultimate search for meaning.
Recommended“Now, Toltoy wrote a book called Confessions um or Confession. I don't remember if it's singular or plural. And uh it's relatively short book. It's very much worth reading.”
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Leo Tolstoy, His Life and Work
Discussed“people weren't reading you know US Weekly they were reading bulgalkov and Tolstoy”
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What Is Art?
Discussed“um for reasons I don't fully understand I found myself reading the other day a book by Toll story called what is art yes and it's a remarkable book”
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