War And Peace

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Penguin UK, Feb 26, 2009 - Fiction - 1440 pages

'A book that you don't just read, you live' Simon Schama
Tolstoy's magnificent epic novel of love, conflict, fate and human life in all its imperfection and grandeur

War and Peace begins at a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, where 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.

Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Anthony Briggs with an Afterword by Orlando Figes

 

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Contents

Translators Note
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 15
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 27
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33

Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Volume I
Chapter 16
Part I
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 26
Part IV
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Part IV
Chapter 1
Chapter 21
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 34
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Part II
Chapter 1
Part V
Part II
Epilogue
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
The Characters
Maps Summary of Chapters
Afterword Notes Follow Penguin
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About the author (2009)

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born in Tula province and was educated privately and at Kazan University. In 1851 he went to the Caucasus, joined an artillery regiment & began his literary career. After marrying in 1862, he began writing War and Peace, which was finished in 1869. His second great work, Anna Karenina, was finished in 1876. Professor Tony Briggs is former Professor of Russian at the University of Birmingham, and is the author of six books on Russian literature.


Professor Tony Briggs is former Professor of Russian at the University of Birmingham, has translated widely from the Russian, especially Pushkin, and is the author of several critical books on Russian literature. Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck and the author of A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924, which was awarded the Wolfson Prize for History and, most recently, Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia.

Bibliographic information

TitleWar And Peace
Penguin popular classics
AuthorLeo Tolstoy
Translated byAnthony Briggs
ContributorOrlando Figes
Editionreprint
PublisherPenguin UK, 2009
ISBN0141959800, 9780141959801
Length1440 pages
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