War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (ebook reader for pc TXT) π
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Against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, five aristocratic families in Russia are transformed by the vagaries of life, by war, and by the intersection of their lives with each other. Hundreds of characters populate War and Peace, many of them historical persons, including Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I, and all of them come to life under Tolstoyβs deft hand.
War and Peace is generally considered to be Tolstoyβs masterpiece, a pinnacle of Russian literature, and one of historyβs great novels. Tolstoy himself refused to call it that, saying it was βnot a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle.β It contains elements of history, narrative, and philosophy, the latter increasing in quantity as the book moves towards its climax. Whatever it is called, it is a triumph whose breadth and depth is perhaps unmatched in literature.
This production restores the Russian given names that were anglicized by the Maudes in their translation, the use of Russian patronymics and diminutives that they eliminated, and Tolstoyβs original four-book structure.
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By Leo Tolstoy.
Translated by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude.
Table of Contents Titlepage Imprint Dramatis Personae War and Peace Book I Part I: 1805 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII Part II: 1805 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI Part III: 1805 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX Book II Part I: 1806 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI Part II: 1806β07 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI Part III: 1808β10 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI Part VI: 1810β11 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII Part V: 1811β12 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII Book III Part I: 1812 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII Part II: 1812 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX Part III: 1812 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV Book IV Part I: 1812 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI Part II: 1812 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX Part III: 1812 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX Part IV: 1812β13 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX Epilogue First Epilogue: 1813β20 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI Second Epilogue I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Endnotes Colophon Uncopyright ImprintThis ebook is the product of many hours of hard work by volunteers for Standard Ebooks, and builds on the hard work of other literature lovers made possible by the public domain.
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Dramatis PersonaeThe BezΓΊkhovs
Count KirΓl VladΓmirovich BezΓΊkhov, a wealthy old
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