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Elisabeth Van Der Meer  Fyodor Dostoyevsky Leo Tolstoy Liz Humphreys Mandy Henderson Podcast TTT Russian Literature Season 3

Season 3 Episode 49:  Liz Humphreys, Elisabeth Van Der Meer and Mandy Henderson on Farewell to the #KaramazovReadalong and Welcome #WarAndPeace2022

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers […]

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Alexander Pushkin Elisabeth Van Der Meer  Podcast TTT Russian Literature Season 2

Season 2 Episode 42: Elisabeth on The Eugene Onegin Challenge Finale

Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. “We still, alas, cannot forestall it This dreadful ailment’s heavy toll; The spleen is what the English call it, We call it simply, Russian soul.” Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin Elisabeth Van Der Meer from the extraordinary blog, A Russian Affair, has once again joined […]

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Alexander Pushkin Elisabeth Van Der Meer  Finland Podcast TTT Russia Russian Literature Season 2

Season 2 Episode 34: Elisabeth on The Eugene Onegin Challenge Part 2

Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Elisabeth Van Der Meer from the extraordinary blog, A Russian Affair, has once again joined me from Finland, the far distance of 7,514 km from Vancouver.  Elisabeth promised to come back and talk about the  “The Eugene Onegin Challenge” which is happening on her […]

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Alexander Pushkin Elisabeth Van Der Meer  Podcast TTT Russia Russian Literature

Season 2 Episode 31: Elisabeth On The Eugene Onegin Challenge

Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Elisabeth Van Der Meer from the extraordinary blog, A Russian Affair, has once again joined me from Finland, the far distance of 7,514 km from Vancouver. Elisabeth issued  “The Eugene Onegin Challenge” which is happening on her blog, A Russian Affair.  I have taken […]