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War and Peace, a novel written by Leo Tolstoy and published in 1869, is one of the most important works of world literature. The novel is considered a masterpiece of literature, and Tolstoy’s best literary achievement. The story is centered on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, and it follows three of literature's most famous characters: Pierre Bezukhov the illegitimate child of a count, who fights for his inheritance and longs for spiritual fulfillment. Prince Andrei Bolkonsky leaves his family behind to fight against Napoleon, and Natasha Rostov the beautiful, young daughter of a nobleman intrigues them both.
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Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece weaves together the lives of both private and public figures during the Napoleonic Wars and the French invasion. The fates of the Rostovs, the Bolkonskys, Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei are closely linked to the national history which is being played out parallel to their lives. In a work of unparalleled imaginative power, balls, and soirees are interspersed with war councils and the plotting of generals and statesmen. Scenes of violence and everyday passions are juxtaposed with scenes of violent battles.
About the Author
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой); most appropriately used as Liev Tolstoy; commonly Leo Tolstoy in Anglophone countries) was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction.
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