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War and Peace (Vintage Classics)

by Leo Tolstoy

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From the award-winning translators of Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov comes this magnificent new translation of Tolstoy's masterwork.

War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleons invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.

A s Napoleons army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgroundspeasants and nobility, civilians and soldiersas they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most movingand humanfigures in world literature.

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A. N. Wilson is an award-winning novelist, biographer, and journalist, and the author of God’s Funeral and the biographies C. S. Lewis, Paul, and Jesus. He lives in London.

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BonBon46, January 28, 2010 (view all comments by BonBon46)
An epic novel of how free will and fate move Tolstoy's three central high-society characters through every experience of life while the Napolean invasion of Russia seeps in and then invades each of their lives. It's like losing a friend to finish this 1,400 page book (Anthony Briggs translation) but at least one can pick it up again and again and again (as I have) to re-read so many truly amazing passages. My husband read W&P as I first read Anna Karenina while vacationing in Mexico, and we both felt such fulfillment to be swept away by these masterpieces while lying under a palapa on a white sandy beach and a warm golden sun overhead. The books made the trip one never to forget.
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Krista Smith-Moroziuk, July 12, 2009 (view all comments by Krista Smith-Moroziuk)
A great book, and a great translation. Everyone should read this book, and have it in their library. One of the best books ever written.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781400079988
Author:
Tolstoy, Leo
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Translator:
Pevear, Richard
Translator:
Volokhonsky, Larissa
Author:
Pevear, Richard
Author:
Volokhonsky, Larissa
Author:
Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Russia History Alexander I, 1801-1825.
Subject:
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns.
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Vintage Classic
Series:
Vintage Classics
Publication Date:
20081231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
1296
Dimensions:
9.18x6.08x1.75 in. 2.63 lbs.

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