War and Peace
by Tolstoy, Leon
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Synopsis
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 (in Russian). -
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- Bookseller
- RPL Library Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035468
- Title
- War and Peace
- Author
- Tolstoy, Leon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 6 x 8 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Russian Novel
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