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War and Peace : Paperback : Penguin Putnam Inc : 9780143039990 : 0143039997 : 01 Dec 2006 : The most famous--and perhaps greatest--novel of all time, Tolstoy's "War and Peace tells the story of five families struggling for survival during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.Among its many unforgettable characters is Prince Andrey Bolkonsky, a proud, dashing man who, despising the artifice of high society, joins the army to achieve glory. Badly wounded at Austerlitz, he begins to discover the emptiness of everything to which he has devoted himself. His death scene is considered one of the greatest passages in Russian literature.The novel's other hero, the bumbling Pierre Bezukhov, tries to find meaning in life through a series of philosophical systems that promise to resolve all questions. He at last discovers the Tolstoyan truth that wisdom is to be found not in systems but in the ordinary processes of daily life, especially in his marriage to the novel's most memorable heroine, Natasha. Both an intimate study of individual passions and an epic history of Russia and its people, ""War and Peace is nothing more or less than a complete portrait of human existence."Read More

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    Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon?s invasion of Russia, War and Peace? presented here in the first new English translation in forty years?is 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

  • 0143039997
  • 9780143039990
  • Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
  • 28 November 2006
  • Penguin Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 1424
  • Deluxe
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