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War and Peace: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
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War and Peace: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation Compact disc - 2017

by Leo Tolstoy


About this book

War and Peace, a Russian novel by Leo Tolstoy, is considered one of the world's greatest works of fiction. It is regarded, along with Anna Karenina (1873–7), as his finest literary achievement. Epic in scale, War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events leading up to Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families. 

First titled '1805' the first installment was published in the January 1865 edition of Russkiy Vestnik. It ran in serial form for 2 years before Tolstoy reworked much of the manuscript before publishing it in 1869 as War and Peace.

First Edition Identification

-First American edition published in 6 volumes, translated by Clara Bell, in 1886, New York. Decorated in Brown Cloth. 

Details

  • Title War and Peace: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
  • Author Leo Tolstoy
  • Binding Compact Disc
  • Edition Audio Book
  • Pages 1
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher BBC Books
  • Date 2017
  • ISBN 9781785294563 / 1785294563
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 5.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (13.72 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Social conditions
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Leo Tolstoy (1828 -1910) was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852-1856), and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, and Hadji Murad. He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays.