Description
War and Peace (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
Paperback
by Tolstoy, Leo
- Publisher : Fingerprint! Publishing (2015), 1232 pages
- Language : English
- Paperback :
- ISBN-10 : 8175992832
- ISBN-13 : 9788175992832
- Weight : 1.147
- Dimensions : 21.5×13.8×4.3 cm
Life did not stop, and one had to live . . .” July 1805, St Petersburg, Russia: A country on the brink of attack. A city on the threshold of war and disruption. Five Russian families will find out just how their lives are going to entangle during the ensuing years of war and peace . . . Opening at Anna Pavlovna’s soiré e, Tolstoy’s War and Peace introduces you to characters- — such as the misfit, illegitimate son Pierre, the analytical and loner Prince Andrew, the sexually alluring Helene, and the impulsive and lively Natasha, who plays the pivotal role– whose minds and actions prove to be the laboratory where Tolstoy, with a psychologist’s deftness and an artist’s vision, lays bare the frailties and manias that make up the human psyche. An explosive tale of epic proportions, War and Peace, one of the best known Russian historical novels, is as much a story of love and adultery as it is of war and death. With a deep insight into the war-stricken Russia, it underlines the irrational motives of human behaviour in both war and peace. ”
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ISBN-10: 8175992832
ISBN-13: 9788175992832
Goodreads: 40187104
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Published: //2017
Published to coincide with the centenary of Tolstoy's death, here is an exciting new edition of one of the great literary works of world literature. Tolstoy's epic masterpiece captures with unprecedented immediacy the broad sweep of life during the Napoleonic wars and the brutal invasion of
Russia. Balls and soirées, the burning of Moscow, the intrigues of statesmen and generals, scenes of violent battles, the quiet moments of everyday life--all in a work whose extraordinary imaginative power has never been surpassed. The Maudes' translation of Tolstoy's epic masterpiece has long been
considered the best English version, and now for the first time it has been revised to bring it fully into line with modern approaches to the text. French passages are restored, Anglicization of Russian names removed, and outmoded expressions updated. A new introduction by Amy Mandelker considers
the novel's literary and historical context, the nature of the work, and Tolstoy's artistic and philosophical aims. New, expanded notes provide historical background and identifications, as well as insight into Russian life and society.
