Cliffs Notes on Tolstoy's War and Peace

by Marianne Sturman (Editor)

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.

In CliffsNotes on War and Peace, you discover Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece -- an epic novel of Russian society in the early 19th century. The novel combines the personal stories of members of three prominent Russian families with the historical backdrop of Russia's war with France.

Summaries and commentaries guide you through each chapter of the novel, and critical essays help you understand the structure, themes, and technical devices used in writing the novel. Other features that help you study include

A section on the life and background of Leo Tolstoy

Analyses of the major characters Review questions and essay topics

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Genres: Classics

120 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1967

Reviews

[janet wakefield · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great research book. Good for reading about a book that I would probably not read.

[Fred Kohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't going to review this at first. After all, a Cliffs is a Cliffs is a Cliffs, isn't it? Then I realized that wasn't really fair, especially as the Cliffs notes for Atlas Shrugged was pretty well awful by comparison to this one. This lady did a pretty decent job in such a slim commentary, and deserves a shout-out for that. And I'm definitely going to follow her recommendation and read The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History.

[Nick Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yes a joke,
But hopefully with some feedback, encouragement &, insight as to why I want to spend the next two months growing a beard and suffering multiple strokes - I'll see; where Cliff was comming from :-).

[David McClendon, Sr · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was helpful. It would have been better if it had more closely matched our translation of the novel.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, normally I wouldn't rate and review a Cliffs Notes book, but this one is over 100 pages long and well written. I doubt I would have made it through War and Peace without it.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful when tackling this long book.