War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy

Ebook War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy epub read online. A 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.
 

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War and Peace (1869) by Count Leo Tolstoy is a monumental epic of world literature that masterfully weaves together the fictional lives of five aristocratic families with the real-world history of the Napoleonic Wars. Spanning fifteen years (1805–1820), the narrative contrasts the shallow, high-society salons of St. Petersburg and Moscow with the brutal, grounding realities of the battlefield. Ultimately, Tolstoy uses the story to argue that history is driven not by "Great Men" like Napoleon, but by the collective, ordinary choices of everyday people.

Key Characters

• Pierre Bezukhov: The clumsy, idealistic, and illegitimate son of a wealthy count. He unexpectedly inherits a massive fortune, making him the target of social climbers.

• Prince Andrei Bolkonsky: Pierre’s cynical, brilliant friend who seeks glory on the battlefield to escape a boring marriage and the vapidity of high society.

• Natasha Rostova: A vibrant, romantic, and deeply emotional young woman from a warm but financially troubled Moscow family.

• Nikolai Rostov: Natasha's hot-headed brother, a loyal impetuous hussar officer devoted to the Tsar.

• Princess Marya Bolkonskaya: Andrei's deeply pious, soulful sister, who suffers under their emotionally abusive, eccentric father at their country estate.