War And Peace 2
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of one of literature's greatest achievements lies an epic canvas of love, war, and fate — War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy chronicles the intertwined lives of five aristocratic Russian families against the cataclysmic backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of Russia between 1805 and 1812. This second volume deepens the central conflicts, following the passionate and restless Natasha Rostova, the brooding Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, and the searching Pierre Bezukhov as they each grapple with the meaning of life, love, and honour amidst the chaos of history. Tolstoy masterfully weaves intimate domestic drama with sweeping battlefield panoramas, creating a narrative of unparalleled scope and psychological depth. Regarded as the pinnacle of realist fiction, War and Peace presents a vision of humanity that is both universal and profoundly Russian — illuminating the tensions between free will and destiny, individual ambition and collective fate. Tolstoy's prose, rendered with extraordinary moral seriousness and compassionate irony, dissects the social hierarchies of Imperial Russia while holding a mirror up to timeless human nature. This Penguin Classics edition makes one of the most monumental works in world literature accessible to modern readers — and once begun, its world is impossible to leave.
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of one of literature's greatest achievements lies an epic canvas of love, war, and fate — War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy chronicles the intertwined lives of five aristocratic Russian families against the cataclysmic backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of Russia between 1805 and 1812. This second volume deepens the central conflicts, following the passionate and restless Natasha Rostova, the brooding Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, and the searching Pierre Bezukhov as they each grapple with the meaning of life, love, and honour amidst the chaos of history. Tolstoy masterfully weaves intimate domestic drama with sweeping battlefield panoramas, creating a narrative of unparalleled scope and psychological depth. Regarded as the pinnacle of realist fiction, War and Peace presents a vision of humanity that is both universal and profoundly Russian — illuminating the tensions between free will and destiny, individual ambition and collective fate. Tolstoy's prose, rendered with extraordinary moral seriousness and compassionate irony, dissects the social hierarchies of Imperial Russia while holding a mirror up to timeless human nature. This Penguin Classics edition makes one of the most monumental works in world literature accessible to modern readers — and once begun, its world is impossible to leave.