How you explore War and Peace on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 47 characters, 31 places, 22 objects and 8 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 79 passages of War and Peace sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Leo Tolstoy wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Leo Tolstoy instead.
The War and Peace feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of War and Peace
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- The Salon and the Families
- The Sky Above Austerlitz
- Marriage, Grief, and Searching
- Natasha and Andrew
- Anatole's Betrayal
- The Invasion and Borodino
- Moscow and Captivity
- Survival and the New Life
The author's pen in War and Peace
The passages themselves, Leo Tolstoy's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Anna Pavlovna Greets Prince Vasilich. 1
- Arranging a Rich Matchch. 1
- All Well God Be Thankedch. 1
- The Scornful Oakch. 1
- Entangled in Ruinch. 1
- Sónya Asked to Sacrifice Herselfch. 1
- War Begins as Crimech. 1
- The Cudgel of Warch. 1
- The Life of Nationsch. 1
- Pierre's First Appearance in Societych. 2
- What Has To Be Saidch. 2
- You Do Not Know Himch. 2
- Such a Lovely Nightch. 2
- Hélène’s Unchanging Smilech. 3
- The Transfigured Oakch. 3
- Prince Andrew's Wearinessch. 4
- Pierre’s Beaming Facech. 4
- Desire for Regenerationch. 4
- The Hunt Spreads Outch. 4
- Kutuzov and Moscowch. 4
The characters of War and Peace
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Pierre Bezukhovmajor
- Prince Andrew Bolkonskymajor
- Natasha Rostovamajor
- Princess Mary Bolkonskayamajor
- Nikolai Rostovmajor
- Kutuzovmajor
- Napoleon Bonapartemajor
- Platon Karataevmajor
- Sonyasupporting
- Count Ilya Rostovsupporting
- Countess Rostovasupporting
- Petya Rostovsupporting
- Hélène Kuraginasupporting
- Anatole Kuraginsupporting
- Prince Vasili Kuraginsupporting
- Old Prince Bolkonskysupporting
The locations in War and Peace
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Anna Pávlovna’s salonsalon
- Hélène’s salonsalon
- Rostov house in Moscowhouse
- Otradnoeestate
- Bald Hillsestate
- Austerlitzbattlefield
- Ferry / river meetingriver crossing
- Old oak roadroad
- Natasha’s first ballballroom
- Borodinobattlefield
- Filivillage council room
- Moscowcity
- Mytishchivillage lodging
- Pierre’s captivity roadroad
The core concepts in War and Peace
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- People imagine they direct history, but are carried by it
- History is made by innumerable causes, not single heroes
- Private life and public history are inseparable
- War destroys heroic fantasy before it destroys bodies
- Social brilliance is morally unreliable
- Spiritual truth arrives through humility, not systems
- Russian identity is lived, not performed
- Love matures through suffering and care
- Family is shelter and pressure
The objects of note in War and Peace
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Comet of 1812
- High sky of Austerlitz
- Old oak
- Andrew’s battle standard
- Natasha’s music and folk dance
- Natasha’s returned letters / Andrew’s portrait
- Icons and prayer books
- Wounded convoy
- Printed appeal to Moscow
- Gambling cards / Nikolai’s debt
- Platon’s bread / campfire
- Maps and dispatches
- Masonic papers and symbols
- Dueling pistols
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