War and Peace

Author Leo Tolstoy

Hardcover: 1392 pages

Publisher: Oxford University Press;(Aug. 23 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780198800545

ISBN-13: 978-0198800545

Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 6.9 x 14.5 cm

Shipping Weight: 880 g

内容简介

《战争与和平》是俄国作家列夫·尼古拉耶维奇·托尔斯泰创作的长篇小说，也是其代表作，创作于1863—1869年。该作以1812年的卫国战争为主，反映从1805到1820年间的重大历史事件，在战争与和平的交替描写中把众多的事件和人物串联起来。作者将“战争”与“和平”的两种生活、两条线索交叉描写，构成一部百科全书式的壮阔史诗。

I don't understand it; I don't in the least understand why men can't live without wars. How is it that we women don't want anything of the kind, don't need it?

Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, of Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, are intimately connected with the national history that is played out in parallel with their lives. 

Balls and soirees alternate with councils of war and the machinations of statesmen and generals, scenes of violent battles with everyday human passions in a work whose extraordinary imaginative power has never been surpassed. The prodigious cast of characters, both great and small, seem to act and move as if connected by threads of destiny as the novel relentlessly questions ideas of free will, fate, and providence. Yet Tolstoy's portrayal of marital relations and scenes of domesticity is as truthful and poignant as the grand themes that underlie them. 

In this definitive and highly acclaimed Maude translation, Tolstoy's genius and the power of his prose are made newly available to the contemporary reader. In addition this edition includes a new introduction by Amy Mandelker, revised and expanded notes, lists of fictional and historical characters, a chronology of historical events, five maps, and Tolstoy's essay "Some Words about War and Peace".