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War and Peace

War and Peace

by Constance Garnett, Leo Tolstoy, A.N. Wilson
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About this book

Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peaceis 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 characters in this massive chronicle--all of them fully realized and equally memorable. 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 Peacein the same category as the Iliad:"To read him . . . is to find one's way home . . . to everything within us that is fundamental and sane."

Book Details

ISBN13 9780375760648
ISBN10 0375760644
Series/Work OL267171W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Modern Library
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

891.73/3 Aristocracy (Social class) Campagnes et batailles Campaigns Classic Classic Literature Classics Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author) English fiction Fiction Fiction, general Fiction, historical Fiction, historical, general Fiction, war & military Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815 Histoire Historical Fiction History Invasion of Russia, 1812 Large type books

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