War and Peace (Four Volumes)

Author: [Russian] Leo Tolstoy
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: "War and Peace" is a grand epic that centers on the theme of war, following the lives of four aristocratic families—Kurganin, Bolkonsky, Ростов, and Bezukhov—as its narrative threads. It depicts fifteen years of Russian history in the early 19th century and portrays the lives of various social classes, presenting a magnificent epic that recreates the social landscape of the time. The characters in the work are vividly and intricately portrayed, with scenes rendered as if the reader were witnessing them firsthand. Despite being a novel from the 19th century, it remains timeless and devoid of any sense of disconnection. The compassion for humanity it expresses transcends its historical context, still moving readers today. "War and Peace" has left a profound impact on the literary world with its grand conception and exceptional artistic depiction, shocking the literary circles and becoming a universally recognized masterpiece of world literature and a precious spiritual treasure for humanity. British writer W. Somerset Maugham and Nobel Prize-winning author Romain Rolland praised it as "the greatest novel in history" and "the greatest epic of our time, the modern Iliad."