War and Peace (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)
A stunning clothbound Hardcover Classics edition of Tolstoy’s great
novel, one of the undisputed masterpieces of world literature
At a glittering society party in St. Petersburg in 1805, 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. In War and Peace,
Tolstoy entwines grand themes—conflict and love, birth and death, free
will and fate—with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to
create a magnificent epic of human life in all its imperfection and
grandeur.
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award-winning translators.
Product details
- Hardcover: 1440 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics (14 March 2017)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0241265541
- ISBN-13: 978-0241265543
- Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 5.9 x 20.7 cm