Dimensions
103 x 82 x 25mm
Want to get to know one of the most critically acclaimed (and longest) novels of all time in just one sitting? Well, now you can! War and Peace is a novel that is undeniably epic in scale-we've now made it accessible to readers as it joins our popular mini classic series.
Oversized mini book featuring a biography of Leo Tolstoy, introduction, and character profiles and comprehensive summaries of each book of War and Peace. Complemented by two-color illustrations throughout. First published in 1869, War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-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 his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.
As Napoleon's army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds-peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers-as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving-and human-figures in world literature.
