WAR AND PEACEJoaquin Phoenix Is the Sad Boy Napoleon We DeserveThe actor’s entire filmography has been preparing him to play a lovesick, awkward narcissist in Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” In fact, it just may be perfect casting.Eric Olson
WELL PLAYED‘Natasha, Pierre’ & The Great Comet of 12 Tony NominationsIt’s the most Tony-nominated show of the year, so how did an immersive musical inspired by Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ become the toast of Broadway?Tim Teeman
NEW BLOOD‘War and Peace’: Sex, Incest, and Style <p>The BBC’s six-part miniseries adaptation of Tolstoy’s <em>War and Peace</em> has come to America, bringing along with it stunning costumes and plenty of high-class hanky-panky.<br> </p> Tom Sykes
Sexed-Up Tolstoy‘War and Peace’ Goes ‘Game of Thrones’The BBC’s ecstatically reviewed new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic is coming to your TV screen—with an incestuous twist the writer may or may not have hinted at.Tom Sykes
Being HumanGospel of Jefferson, Tolstoy & DickensA new play featuring the third U.S. president, and the authors of “War and Peace” and “Tale of Two Cities” ruminates on what makes us human—our aspirations or our actions?Samuel Fragoso
FrissonBooks Inspired by Love Lives <p>Passionate pairings, dysfunctional marriages, and jealous love triangles stoked many writers’ creative fires, producing the nine memorable works below. Joni Rendon and Shannon McKenna Schmidt are the authors of <i>Writers Between the Covers: The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas, Coquettes, and Cads</i>.</p> Joni Rendon
Life StudiesOne Year to LiveIf you had one year to live, how would you spend it? That’s a question most of us wouldn’t know how to answer but for one British publisher and translator it was easy: to translate Tolstoy’s great story about a dying man, “The Death of Ivan Illyich.”Edward Platt
The Psychology of GreedTolstoy on Insider TradingIt’s not hard to understand why Anthony Chiasson, already a millionaire, would risk it all to rake in even more. Libraries are filled with such tales—just ask Tolstoy, writes Liesl Schillinger.Liesl Schillinger
RUSSIATurning to Tolstoy<p>As the Boston manhunt blared from TVs, critic Liesl Schillinger found herself turning to Tolstoy’s haunting final novel, <i>Hadji Murat</i>—and its thistle-sharp lessons on heroism and identity.<br> </p> Liesl Schillinger
The Chechen GrievanceBenjamin Lytal checks in on Tolstoy’s tale of anti-heroism and betrayal, ‘Hadji Murad.’Benjamin Lytal
Watch This!The Best Movies of Classic Books<p>Joe Wright’s new adaptation of Tolstoy’s <i>Anna Karenina</i> may be a failure, but other auteurs have succeeded in bringing literary gems to life on the screen. From Pasolini’s <i>Canterbury Tales</i> to Olivier’s <i>Henry V</i>, WATCH VIDEO.</p> Jimmy So
