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War and Peace (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Tolstoy and Briggs

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ISBN13: 9780143039990
ISBN10: 0143039997
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Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleonas invasion of Russia, War and Peacea presented here in the first new English translation in forty yearsais often considered the greatest novel ever written. At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life; cynical Prince Andrei, ennobled by wartime suffering; and Natasha Rostov, whose impulsiveness threatens to destroy her happiness. As Tolstoy follows the changing fortunes of his characters, he crafts a view of humanity that is both epic and intimate and that continues to define fiction at its most resplendent.

* Includes an introduction, note on the translation, cast of characters, maps, notes on the major battles depicted, and chapter summaries BACKCOVER: aThe best translation so far of Tolstoyas masterpiece into English.a

aRobert A. Maguire, professor emeritus of Russian studies, Columbia University

aIn Tolstoyas work part of the translatoras difficulty lies in conveying not only the simplicity but the subtlety of the bookas scale and effect. . . . Briggs has rendered both with a particular exactness and a vigorous precision not to be found, I think, in any previous translation.a

aJohn Bayley, author of Elegy for Iris

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"The best translation so far of Tolstoy's masterpiece into English."<BR> — Robert A. Maguire, professor emeritus of Russian studies, Columbia University <BR> "In Tolstoy's work part of the translator's difficulty lies in conveying not only the simplicity but the subtlety of the book's scale and effect. . . . Briggs has rendered both with a particular exactness and a vigorous precision not to be found, I think, in any previous translation."<BR> — John Bayley, author of "Elegy for Iris"

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About the Author

Leo Tolstoy (1828 &1910) was the author of Anna Karenina and War and Peace, as well as many short stories and essays.

Anthony Briggs has written, translated, or edited twenty books in the field of Russian and English literature.

Orlando Figes, a professor of history at the University of London, is the author of A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891 &1924.

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ISBN:
9780143039990
Author:
Tolstoy And Briggs
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Translator:
Briggs, Anthony
Introduction:
Figes, Orlando
Author:
Briggs, Anthony
Author:
Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich
Author:
Tolstoy, Leo
Author:
Figes, Professor Orlando
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
History
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815
Subject:
Russia History Alexander I, 1801-1825.
Subject:
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns.
Series:
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Publication Date:
December 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
1408
Dimensions:
8.42x5.58x2.38 in. 3.14 lbs.
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