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This article is about the novel by Tolstoy . For other uses, see War and Peace (disambiguation).

War and Peace

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Front page of War and Peace, first edition, 1869 (Russian)

Author Leo Tolstoy

Original title Война и миръ

Translator The first translation of War and Peace into English was by American Nathan Haskell Dole, in 1899

Country Russia

Language Russian, with some French and German

Genre Novel (Historical novel)

Publisher The Russian Messenger (serial)

Publication date Serialised 1865–1867; book 1869

Media type Print

Pages 1,225 (first published edition)

War and Peace (pre-reform Russian:; post-reform Russian: romanized: Voyna i mir ) may be a novel by the Russian author Tolstoy , first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. it's considered one among Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature.

The novel chronicles the French invasion of Russia and therefore the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the stories of 5 Russian aristocratic families. Portions of an earlier version, titled The Year 1805 were serialized within the Russian Messenger from 1865 to 1867 before the novel was published in its entirety in 1869.

Tolstoy said War and Peace is "not a completely unique , even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle." Large sections, especially the later chapters, are philosophical discussions instead of narrative.[6] Tolstoy also said that the simplest Russian literature doesn't conform to standards and hence hesitated to call War and Peace a completely unique . Instead, he regarded Anna Karenina as his first true novel.

Can you really consider yourself an educated person without reading War and Peace? - I think the answer to this question is obvious.

   Leo Tolstoy's epic novel War and Peace is considered the pearl of world literature. Critics all over the world recognize War and Peace as a model for a new European novel, although it is not so complete. From a technical point of view, this work can be called absolutely perfect - a description of the epic events of the war with Napoleon in 1812 and at the same time the delicate role of all strata of Russian society.

   We can say that this is a large-scale work, a collective psychological picture of the Russian people, which was presented as one of the most enlightened writers of all time. And this picture is so imbued with such an acute and deep love that it is impossible to be proud, we are Russians, this novel is about us and for us, and how lucky we are that we can read this great work in our native language. ... are

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