Introduction by A. N. Wilson Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read
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."
| ISBN: | 9780375760648 |
| Publication date: | 9th July 2002 |
| Author: | L N Tolsto |
| Publisher: | Modern Library an imprint of Random House Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1424 pages |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary War, combat and military adventure fiction General Fiction |
Introduction by A. N. Wilson Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read
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."
War and Peace features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, War, combat and military adventure fiction, General Fiction
War and Peace is available in Paperback
War and Peace was written by L N Tolsto and published by Modern Library an imprint of Random House Publishing Group
War and Peace has 1424 pages
Yes it is part of Modern Library Classics series