num_pages: 1455
description: Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy’s genius is seen clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle—all of them fully realized and equally memorable. Out of this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the individual’s place in the historical process, one that makes it clear why Thomas Mann praised Tolstoy for his Homeric powers and placed War and Peace in the same category as the Iliad : “To read him . . . is to find one’s way home . . . to everything within us that is fundamental and sane.” Author A. N. Wilson is an award-winning novelist, biographer, and journalist, and the author of God’s Funeral and the biographies C. S. Lewis , Paul , and Jesus . He lives in London.
language: English
title: War and Peace
titlecomplete: War and Peace
characters: Lise Bolkonskaya, Prince Andrey Bokonsky, Fedja Dolochov, Vera Rostova, Platon Karataev, Boris Drubetskoy, Helene Kuragina, Ilya Rostov, Mademoiselle Bourienne, Anna Scherer, Maria Bolkonskaya, Anna Drubetskaya, Pierre Bezukhov, Vasili Denisov, Nikolai Bolkonsky, Mikhail Kutuzov, Petya Rostov, Sonya Rostova, Osip Basdeev, Anatole Kuragin, Nikolai Rostov, Adolf Berg, Natasha Rostova
genres: Russia, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, War, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 318119
places: Moscow, Russia, St. Petersburg
awards: awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Audie Award
category: Literary Fiction & Classics and Nominee for Best Female Narrator
publisher: Signet Classics