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War and Peace

Tolstoy, LeoHockenberry, John(Afterword by)Conroy, Pat(Introduction by)
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Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit.

Tolstoys genius is seen clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicleall of them fully realized and equally memorable.

Out of this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the individuals place in the historical process, one that makes it clear why Thomas Mann praised Tolstoy for his Homeric powers and placed War and Peace in the same category as the Iliad: To read him . . . is to find ones way home . . . to everything within us that is fundamental and sane.

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Penguin Publishing Group
1101003839 / 9781101003831
eBook (EPUB)
05/06/2007
English
1456 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Quiz No: 200468, Points 118.00, Book Level 10.10,
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