Title:
War And Peace
Genre:
Fiction
History
Literature
Romance
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Subgenre:
Leo Tolstoy
Series:
Collector’s Edition
Binding:
Calf-Binding
Narrative:
Third Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
1672
Number of Chapters:
230
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:07:27
Synopsis:
Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace (1869) is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit.
Tolstoy’s genius is seen clearly in the multitude of fully realized and equally memorable characters that populate this massive chronicle.
The war is the backdrop to personal stories of members from four aristocratic families: the Bezuhovs, Bolkonskys, Kuragins, and Rostovs.
Love, death, war, spiritual struggle, and financial loss bring personal growth for the characters and underscore the main theme: the search for the meaning of life.
Out of this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the individual’s place in the historical process, one that makes it clear why Thomas Mann praised Tolstoy for his Homeric powers and placed War and Peace in the same category as the Iliad: "To read him... is to find one’s way home... to everything within us that is fundamental.”
Tolstoy’s genius is seen clearly in the multitude of fully realized and equally memorable characters that populate this massive chronicle.
The war is the backdrop to personal stories of members from four aristocratic families: the Bezuhovs, Bolkonskys, Kuragins, and Rostovs.
Love, death, war, spiritual struggle, and financial loss bring personal growth for the characters and underscore the main theme: the search for the meaning of life.
Out of this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the individual’s place in the historical process, one that makes it clear why Thomas Mann praised Tolstoy for his Homeric powers and placed War and Peace in the same category as the Iliad: "To read him... is to find one’s way home... to everything within us that is fundamental.”
Author:
Leo Tolstoy
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Publisher:
The Easton Press
Country:
Russia
Place of Printing:
The United States Of America
Publication Date:
1981-01-01
Publication Year:
1981
Copyright Year:
1981
Photos By:
Fritz Eichenberg
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Number of Copies:
1
Illustrator:
Fritz Eichenberg
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Translator:
Aylmer Maude
Louise Maude
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Language:
English
Publisher Location:
Norwalk Connecticut
Special Edition:
Yes
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$59.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-31
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:07:27
