false 34250891 419287 290979 0307266931 9780307266934 246 <![CDATA[War and Peace]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/979/290979-m-1255876679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/979/290979-s-1255876679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/290979.War_and_Peace 4.29 842 Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov, comes a brilliant, engaging, and eminently readable translation of Leo Tolstoy's master epic.

War and Peace centers broadly on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the best-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 behind his family 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 vividly 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.

Pevear and Volokhonsky have brought us this classic novel in a translation remarkable for its fidelity to Tolstoy's style and cadence and for its energetic, accessible prose. With stunning grace and precision, this new version of War and Peace is set to become the definitive English edition.]]> 85 4.01 57383 6780 3357 4.23 30195 3587 3358 4.23 29914 3538 1869 0 2008-11-13T10:11:58-08:00 94274 900 2008-11-13T10:11:58-08:00 0 2008-10-25T07:19:10-07:00 49176 600 2008-10-25T07:19:10-07:00 This is so stupid. I don't want to type what page I'm on, but if I don't, it says the page someone else is on, which seems somehow worse. 0 2008-10-02T16:26:39-07:00 3833 99 2008-10-02T16:26:39-07:00 4 70 false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 30 20:38:45 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 08:39:11 -0800 2008
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