We (my GWC classmates and I) need to read "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy for class on 15 July. While searching for study notes* on the book I ran across a great open source, all volunteer audio book source: librivox.org. It has nearly 1500 selections available for download. Unfortunately, only five out of the fifteen books of War and Peace have been recorded thus far. I am grateful nevertheless. The drive to California will be much more productive!
*A note on study notes: they are great when used correctly. Mortimer Adler in "How to Read a Book" proposes four levels of reading, one of which is Inspectional Reading. For me, study notes fall here. It is similar to the "pre-read" suggested by Adler because study notes familiarize me with the characters and plot (if a novel like War & Peace) or the main ideas so that I can more easily gain what I want from the book. Study notes do not take the place of the actual book.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
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