num_pages: 885
description: A sweeping, romantic saga of two noble families and their intertwined destiny, and a panoramic portrait of Russian society at the time of the Napoleonic Wars, Tolstoy's unforgettable masterpiece has inspired love and devotion amongst its readers for over a century.Now read the original version of Russia's most famous novel which never made it to publication in Tolstoy's lifetime. A closely guarded secret for a century and a half, this version - with its different emphases and dialogue, and a new ending - is essential reading for devotees of Tolstoy and new readers alike: it is fiction in its most vivid and vital form.
language: English
title: War and Peace
titlecomplete: War and Peace
characters: Lise Bolkonskaya, Sonya Rostova, Helene Kuragina, Anatole Kuragin, Nikolai Rostov, Anna Drubetskaya, Boris Drubetskoy, Fedja Dolochov, Vera Rostova, Ilya Rostov, Platon Karataev, Mikhail Kutuzov, Osip Basdeev, Nikolai Bolkonsky, Prince Andrey Bokonsky, Adolf Berg, Mademoiselle Bourienne, Maria Bolkonskaya, Vasili Denisov, Anna Scherer, Petya Rostov, Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostova
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Russian Literature, Historical Fiction, Russia
ratings_count: 318176
places: Moscow, Russia, St. Petersburg
awards: awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Audie Award
category: Literary Fiction & Classics and Nominee for Best Female Narrator
publisher: Harper Perennial