War and Peace

Description

War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, published in 1869. It is regarded as a central work of world literature and one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements. The story centers broadly on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the best-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves behind his family to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman, who intrigues both men.

Part of the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World set.

This book has 1,787 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1869; this is a translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude.

Production notes: This ebook of War and Peace was published by Global Grey in 2018.