War and Peace

War and Peace is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy's two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world's greatest novels.
The novel tells the story of a number of aristocratic families (particularly the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskis, and the Rostovs) and the entanglements of their personal lives with the history of 1805–1813, specifically Napoleon's invasion of Russia. As events proceed, Tolstoy systematically denies his subjects any significant free choice: the onward roll of history determines happiness and tragedy alike.
==References==
* The Muppets began a dramatization of the epic novel in the first episode of The Jim Henson Hour, starting with Part One: War. In this brief but gripping drama, a number of soldiers from various wartime eras hit each other with clubs until they were all exhausted. The piece closed with an announcement that next week would bring Part Two: Peace.
* In The Muppet Show episode 506, Kermit laments that instead of the show doing Alice in Wonderland, they should have done something simple, like "War and Peace."
* Susan reads several books to Big Bird in order to help him fall asleep in Episode 1837 of Sesame Street. It doesn't work, though Big Bird did find War and Peace to be his favorite.
* Celina reads the story in Sesame Street Episode 3464.
* When The Count told a new version of "This Little Piggy" for ten toes, the pig who stayed home did so to read War and Pigs. 
* Gina shows the gang a copy of War and Peace for show-and-tell in Sesame Street Episode 3863.
* Bob was seen reading War and Peace in Sesame Street Episode 3949. He was interrupted by Telly Monster, who was concerned about getting his tuba fixed.
* In "Outrageous Makeover: Home Addition" , Mr. Johnson is in the process of reading "War and Peace" when Grover bursts in to give his home an outrageous makeover.
* A Disney Xtreme Digital short, "What's Animal Doing Now!?," features a bunny reading War and Peace.
* In an interview with the Australian website Stuff, Grover claims that during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Bert has been trying to convince him to read War and Peace. 
==Connections==
*Alun Armstrong played Count Rostov in the 2015 BBC radio version
*Sean Barrett played Patya Rostov in the 1955 film version and Fedya Dolokhov, Topchenko, and others in the 1969-1970 BBC radio serial
*Jim Broadbent played Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky in the 2015 mini-series
*David Buck played played Pierre Bezukhov in the 1969-1970 BBC radio serial
*Paul Dano played Pierre Bezukhov in the 2016 mini-series 
*Henry Fonda played Pierre Bezukhov in the 1955 film version
*John Hurt played Prince Bolkonsky in the 2015 BBC radio version
*Michael Kilgarriff played Tushin, General Schmidt, and Rhetor in the 1969-1970 BBC radio serial
*Frank Middlemass played Mikhail Kutuzov in the 1972 mini-series
*Robert Stephens played an officer in the 1955 film version
*David Swift played Napoleon in the 1972 mini-series
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