In early nineteenth-century Russia, the threat of Napoleonâs invasion looms, and the lives of millions are about to be changed forever. This includes Pierre BezĂşkhov, illegitimate son of an aristocrat; Andrew BolkĂłnski, ambitious military scion; and NatĂĄsha RostĂłva, compassionate daughter of a nobleman. All of them are unprepared for what lies ahead. Alongside their fellow compatriots - a catalog of enduring literary characters - Pierre, Andrew, and NatĂĄsha will be irrevocably torn between fate and free will.
Through the bonds of love and family, and all that can break them, Tolstoy examines the effects of war on every strata of society in his masterwork of intimate - and epic - social history.
Revised edition: Previously published as War and Peace, this edition of War and Peace (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
War and Peace (AmazonClassics Edition) (Unabridged) - Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude - translator & Aylmer Maude - translator
By Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude - translator & Aylmer Maude - translator
In early nineteenth-century Russia, the threat of Napoleonâs invasion looms, and the lives of millions are about to be changed forever. This includes Pierre BezĂşkhov, illegitimate son of an aristocrat; Andrew BolkĂłnski, ambitious military scion; and NatĂĄsha RostĂłva, compassionate daughter of a nobleman. All of them are unprepared for what lies ahead. Alongside their fellow compatriots - a catalog of enduring literary characters - Pierre, Andrew, and NatĂĄsha will be irrevocably torn between fate and free will.
Through the bonds of love and family, and all that can break them, Tolstoy examines the effects of war on every strata of society in his masterwork of intimate - and epic - social history.
Revised edition: Previously published as War and Peace, this edition of War and Peace (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
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