In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. Greater than a historical chronicle, War and Peace is an affirmation of life itself, 'a complete picture', as a contemporary reviewer put it, 'of everything in which people find their happiness and greatness, their grief and humiliation'. Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay 'Some Words about War and Peace'.
| ISBN | 0199536058 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780199536054
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 937 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Series title | Oxford World's Classics | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780192833983 | | Publication date | 08 May 2008 | | Height (mm) | 196 | | Translator | Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude | | Width (mm) | 128 | | Library of Congress | 2008274601 | | Spine width (mm) | 62 | | DEWEY | 891.733 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Alternative ISBN | 9789626340424 | | Pages | 1392 | |
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Though he wrote it after the events, Tolstoy manages to bring alive a whole era. While reading, the characters become one's own acquaintances, their joys and sorrows are felt. And every once in a while, amidst the political turmoil and personal strife, the pure exhilaration of being alive shines through. -
Claire BendixI was lucky enough to have enough spare time once to read it in nine days, which allowed total absorption into the fabulous world of Tolstoy's Russia, an experience which I will never forget. -
Edward Caldwell
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