War and Peace (Volume 1 and 2) (Includes CD-ROM)

Author: Leo Tolstoy
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: War and Peace is a work from the author's middle age, written between 1863 and 1869, spanning 1.2 million words. In the novel, the author depicts real historical figures such as Napoleon, Kutuzov, and Tsar Alexander I, but the story does not revolve around these emperors and generals. Instead, it centers on a group of fictional protagonists. Throughout the work, there are a total of 559 characters. The author focuses on the different behaviors of the four aristocratic families—Pavlovsky, Bezukhov, Rostov, and Kuragin—in the context of War and Peace, using the fates of the main members of these families, such as Andrei, Pierre, and Natasha, as the central thread. The novel vividly recreates a broad panorama of life, from cities to rural areas, from drawing rooms to battlefields, and from the capital to the provinces.