Bibliograph

War and peace, Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Constance Garnett ; introduction by A.N. Wilson

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War and peace, Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Constance Garnett ; introduction by A.N. Wilson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes biographical note and introduction

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

War and peace

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Constance Garnett ; introduction by A.N. Wilson

Summary

"Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is 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 Peace in 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.”-- Back cover

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