num_pages: 1024
description: This title is translated by Louise &amp; Aylmer Maude. With an Introduction by Henry and Olga Claridge, University of Kent at Canterbury.'War and Peace' is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoy's philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery. This translation is one which received Tolstoy's approval.
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: Wordsworth Editions