Dimensions
103 x 82 x 25mm
Want to get to know one of the most critically acclaimed (and longest) novels of all time in just one sitting? Well, now you can! War and Peace is a novel that is undeniably epic in scale—we've now made it accessible to readers as it joins our popular mini classic series.
Oversized mini book featuring a biography of Leo Tolstoy, introduction, and character profiles and comprehensive summaries of each book of War and Peace. Complemented by two-color illustrations throughout. First published in 1869, War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.
As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature.
