That be it. I didn't get the Tolstoy reference- I haven't read Tolstoy. I'm slightly emabarrassed to say that it seems more like a chore than anything else, probably my own ignorance talking. The last epic that I attempted to read was Atlas Shrugged- I lasted about 800 pages until Rand went bonkers during that 50 page John Galt speech, blah blah blah.
I did read a little Dostoevsky (great if your goal is existential depression) and Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time, which I liked very much. If I have the balls for it I'll try to sink my teeth into Anna Karenina- the first chapter was enjoyable enough, with the cheating husband unintentionally smiling when caught. Maybe this cat will turn out to be interesting.