Anna Karenina Part One Book Chat (Patreon)

As we're nearing the halfway point of Anna Karenina (the summit is just beyond the mist), I thought I'd put out an informal bookish chat between a Homer patron and myself to break things up. Best enjoyed with a mug of something warm and delicious. 

• 0:00 Introduction  
• 0:17 What was your first reaction to Anna Karenina? 
• 5:55 How much is Vronsky to blame? 
• 9:45 Does Tolstoy believe in free will? 
• 10:38 What challenges did you have reading Anna Karenina? 
• 12:38 Society and male vs female infidelity

The next formal video on Part Four will have some interesting discussions on divorce law in 19th Century Russia, the neuroscience of free will, and the psychological principle of "face".

Happy reading, everybody!