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War and Peace
By Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude, Henry Gifford
1392 pages
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- Oxford University Press
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
- Publication year:
- 1998
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Synopsis
In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. Greater than a historical chronicle, War and Peace is an affirmation of life itself, `a complete picture', as a contemporary reviewer put it, `of everything in which people find their happiness and greatness, their grief and humiliation'. Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important ...
In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. Greater than a historical chronicle, War and Peace is an affirmation of life itself, `a complete picture', as a contemporary reviewer put it, `of everything in which people find their happiness and greatness, their grief and humiliation'. Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay `Some Words about War and Peace'.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- CONTENTS v
- INTRODUCTION vii
- NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION xvii
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY xviii
- CHRONOLOGY OF LEO TOLSTOY xix
- PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS AND GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION xxi
- DATES OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS xxiii
- CHAPTER CONTENTS xxix
- BOOK ONE 1
- Part One 3
- Part Two 113
- Part Three 209
- BOOK TWO 309
- Part One 311
- Part Two 367
- Title Page iii
- CONTENTS v
- INTRODUCTION vii
- NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION xvii
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY xviii
- CHRONOLOGY OF LEO TOLSTOY xix
- PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS AND GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION xxi
- DATES OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS xxiii
- CHAPTER CONTENTS xxix
- BOOK ONE 1
- Part One 3
- Part Two 113
- Part Three 209
- BOOK TWO 309
- Part One 311
- Part Two 367
- Part Three 443
- Part Four 519
- Part Five 571
- BOOK THREE 643
- Part One 645
- Part Two 731
- Part Three 879
- BOOK FOUR 997
- Part One 999
- Part Two 1055
- Part Three 1101
- Part Four 1149
- FIRST EPILOGUE 1207
- SECOND EPILOGUE 1265
- APPENDIX SOME WORDS ABOUT 'WAR AND PEACE' (Published in Russian Archive, 1868) 1307
- NOTES [M] indicates that the note is the translator's. 1317