Chapters 
 Transcript 
 Episode notes 
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 Introduction 
 00:00 • 2min 
 How to Find Your Bestie 
 01:53 • 5min 
 The Mystique of the Writing Life 
 06:55 • 2min 
 The Mystery of Reading Anna Karenina 
 09:24 • 2min 
 The Constant Presence of Tolstoy 
 11:52 • 2min 
 Tolstoy and Anna 
 14:14 • 2min 
 Tolstoy and the Nature of Omniscience 
 16:01 • 4min 
 Anton Chekhov's Life and Times 
 19:37 • 3min 
 The Burning of the Candle 
 22:28 • 2min 
 Anton Chekhov's Secret to Success 
 24:34 • 3min 
 The Immediacy of Chekhov Stories 
 27:44 • 3min 
 The Moral Word 
 30:34 • 2min 
 How to Untangle the Two Lines of Thought 
 32:48 • 2min 
 Chekhov's Letter to the Editor 
 34:39 • 2min 
 The Importance of Experiencing Humanity 
 36:56 • 5min 
 Chekhov's Restraint 
 41:41 • 3min 
 Tolstoy: A Biographer's Journey 
 44:35 • 2min 
 Checkoff Becomes Checkoff 
 46:15 • 5min 


