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Vintage Classic

A stunning clothbound Hardcover Classics edition of Tolstoy's great novel, one of the undisputed masterpieces of world literature. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

Antony's Brigg's acclaimed translation of Tolstoy's great Russian epic. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

Revised

A Stunning Three-Volume Boxed Set of Tolstoy's masterwork--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read--War and Peace.

War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three... Read Full Overview

A sweeping epic of love, loss, valor, and destiny, War and Peace stands as one of the greatest novels ever written. Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Tolstoy's monumental masterpiece follows the lives of five aristocratic families as they navigate the shifting... Read Full Overview

Immerse yourself in Leo Tolstoy's epic masterpiece, War and Peace. Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, this sweeping novel explores the complexities of human nature, love, and the consequences of war. A must-read for lovers of classic literature and historical... Read Full Overview

Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, of Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, are intimately connected with the national... Read Full Overview

A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of Tolstoy's great Russian epic. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

War and PeaceBy Leo Tolstoy/Tolstoi

"Backgrounds and Sources" includes the publication history of War and Peace, selections from Tolstoy's letters and diaries as well as three drafts of his introduction to the novel that elucidate the its evolution, and an 1868 article by Tolstoy in which he reacts to his critics.

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Widely considered the greatest novel ever written in any language, War and Peace has as its backdrop Napoleon's invasion of Russia and at its heart three of the most memorable characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, a quixotic young man in search of spiritual joy; Prince Andrey... Read Full Overview

Revised and Upd

In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. Greater than a historical chronicle, War and Peace is an affirmation of life itself, 'a complete picture', as a contemporary reviewer put it, 'of everything in which people find their happiness... Read Full Overview