Книга: War and Peace (Tolstoy Leo); Random House UK, 2007

Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace is a sprawling epic covering the impact of Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia on five different families. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs, with an afterword by Orlando Figes, author of A People's Tragedy: Russian Revolution 1891-1924. 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 faith - with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to create a magnificent epic of human life in all its imperfection and grandeur. Anthony Briggs's superb translation combines stirring, accessible prose with fidelity to Tolstoy's original, while Orlando Figes's afterword discusses the novel's vast scope and depiction of Russian identity. This edition also contains appendices, notes, a list of prominent characters and maps. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born at Yasnaya Polyana, in central Russia. After marrying Sofya Behrs in 1862, Tolstoy settled down, managing his estates and writing two of his best-known novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878). In 1884 Tolstoy experienced a spiritual crisis, becoming an extreme moralist, rejecting the state, the church and private property. His last novel, Resurrection (1900), was written to raise money for the Doukhobor sect of Christian spiritualists.

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Основные характеристики товара

Параметр	Значение
ISBN	978-0-14-044793-4
Автор(ы)	Tolstoy Leo
Автор	Tolstoy L.
Авторы	Tolstoy L.
Вес	0.95
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2007
Год публикации	2007
Жанр	проза на иностранном языке
Издатель	Random House UK
Издательство	Penguin
Кол-во страниц	628
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	1414
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Переплет	Мягкий
Переплёт	Мягкий
Серия	Penguin Classics
Тип обложки	мягкая
Формат	129x198
Язык издания	Английский
Язык	Английский