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War and Peace - cover

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Translator Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude

Publisher: Ktoczyta.pl

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Summary

”War and Peace” is not just a classic novel, but a real heroic epic, the literary value of which is not comparable to any other work. The writer himself considered it a poem, where the private life of a person is inseparable from the history of the whole country. Events and impressions from a peaceful life do not leave characters during the war, on the contrary, they come to life more strongly in their souls. War for them is a test of the importance and significance of man. The bearers of true heroism in Tolstoy’s novel were ordinary people.
Available since: 08/19/2019.
Print length: 1895 pages.

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