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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100241265541
ISBN-139780241265543
eBay Product ID (ePID)224564523
Product Key Features
Book TitleWar and Peace
Number of Pages1440 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, War & Military, Historical
Publication Year2017
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorLeo Tolstoy
Book SeriesPenguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.5 in
Item Weight44.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-295340
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"There remains the greatest of all novelists-for what else can we call the author of War and Peace ?" - Virginia Woolf
Afterword byFiges, Orlando
Dewey Decimal891.733
SynopsisA 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 At a glittering society party in St. Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey, and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants, to soldiers and Napoleon himself. In War and Peace , Tolstoy entwines grand themes--conflict and love, birth and death, free will and fate--with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to create a magnificent epic of human life in all its imperfection and grandeur. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
War and Peace is one of the best books ever written. Tolstoy uses fiction to discuss philosophy, history, romance, and the general condition of mankind. It is a massive book, so the first time I read it, I planned to take my time and read it over the course of 3-4 months, but it was so good that I could not put it down, and read it in a little more than three weeks. It is so good that this is the third translation that I will read.