War and peace
Title:
War and peace
Author:
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
Briggs, Anthony
Figes, Orlando
ISBN:
9780143039990
Uniform Title:
Voina i mir. English
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Books, 2006
Physical Description:
xi, 1408 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Series:
Penguin classics deluxe edition
Series Title:
Penguin classics deluxe edition
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [1379]-1391) and index
Translation of: Voina i mir
Abstract:
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
Subject:
| Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Russia -- Fiction |
| Russia -- History -- Alexander I, 1801-1825 -- Fiction |
Summary:
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