War and Peace (Collins Classics)

by Leo Tolstoy

Overview

War & Peace is a masterpiece – an epic portrait of Russian society and its descent into the Napoleonic Wars, which has inspired love and devotion among its readers for over a century.

Focusing on the lives of five aristocratic families, ‘War & Peace’ tells the story of three young people whose lives are swept along by events and changed forever: the misfit Pierre, philosophical Andrei and romantic, impulsive Natasha.

Their stories play out alongside a great cast of characters, from the aristocrat to the peasant, as the great historical events of the period unfold, culminating in Napoleon’s fateful invasion of Russia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780008175771
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	12/10/2015
Series:	Collins Classics
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1296
Sales rank:	592,072
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer best known for his long novels War & Peace and Anna Karenina, and is often acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest novelists. He was born in Yasnaya Polyana, south of Moscow, into a well-known noble family, and died in 1910 at the age of 82.

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in Tula, near Moscow. His parents, who both died when he was young, belonged to the Russian nobility, and to the end of his life Tolstoy remained conscious of his aristocratic status. His novels, ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Anna Karenina’ are literary classics and he is revered as one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. He died in 1910 at the age of 82.

Date of Birth:

September 9, 1828

Date of Death:

November 20, 1910

Place of Birth:

Tula Province, Russia

Place of Death:

Astapovo, Russia

Education:

Privately educated by French and German tutors; attended the University of Kazan, 1844-47