War and Peace

Handling time: 25 days This title is translated by Louise & Aylmer Maude. With an Introduction by Henry and Olga Claridge, University of Kent at Canterbury, "War and Peace" is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoy's philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery. This translation is one which received Tolstoy's approval. Читать дальше…

#ASTTD# Search Terms: Толстой Лев Николаевич , Tolstoi Lev Nikolaevich , Wordsworth Classics , Wordsworth Classics , Wordsworth classics , Wordsworth classics , 9781853260629 , 978-1-85326-062-9 , 107879