The Book Club: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy with Inez Stepman

The Book Club

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Books, Arts

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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What happens if you follow your heart, pursuing love and happiness above all else, devoid of duty or virtue? Nothing good according to Leo Tolstoy, author of Anna Karenina. Inez Stepman, senior policy analyst at Independent Women’s Forum, joins Michael Knowles for a deep dive into this great literary work about fidelity, marriage, and betrayal.

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0:14.8	Welcome back to the book club. I'm Michael Knowles. This month we are reading a truly magnificent novel, Anna Kerena by Leo Tolstoy. First though, in our fast-paced
0:20.2	world it is tough to make reading a priority.
0:23.7	At least it used to be.
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0:40.6	Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and influence people to recent bestsellers like
0:44.9	Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life.
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1:01.6	or no e, there's no time for that start your free trial put your mind in motion
1:07.6	we will be putting our minds in motion with Anna karenina
1:11.4	subtitle why you shouldn't cheat on your husband with Anna Karenina, subtitle,
1:12.8	Why You Shouldn't Cheat on your husband.
1:15.2	Anna Karenina, subtitle.
1:17.8	Happy wife, happy life.
1:19.3	There are so many subtitles.
1:20.4	It's a very long book.
1:21.4	I am joined by my friend,
1:23.0	Inez Steppman.
1:25.0	Inez is senior policy analyst at Independent Women's Forum.
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