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War and Peace ( Russian: Война и мир, romanized : Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: Война и миръ; [vɐjˈna i ˈmʲir]) is a literary work by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work mixes fictional narrative with chapters discussing history and philosophy.
As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture.
Jun 24, 2024 · War and Peace is a historical novel by Leo Tolstoy first published serially in 1865–69. It depicts relationships between the Rostov, Bolkonsky, Bezukhov, and Kuragin families and follows their members as they fight in a war against Napoleon, marry, make and lose fortunes, and die over the course of about a decade.
Jun 14, 2022 · The Project Gutenberg eBook of War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
Sep 13, 2022 · What is War and Peace about? It’s a long, long book about the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, told through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families (who have a lot of difficult-to-remember names).
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Feb 24, 2009 · Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, War and Peace—presented here...
Oct 14, 2010 · War and Peace. 'If life could write, it would write like Tolstoy.'. Isaac Babel Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the...
In War and Peace, Tolstoy entwines grand themes—conflict and love, birth and death, free will and fate—with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to create a magnificent epic of human life in all its imperfection and grandeur.
Apr 11, 2012 · Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic...
