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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βAndrΓ©y, why didnβt you warn me?β β©
βDelighted to see you. I am very glad to see you.β β©
βYou must know that this is a woman.β β©
βFor heavenβs sake.β β©
βBut, my dear, you ought on the contrary to be grateful to me for explaining to Pierre your intimacy with this young man.β β©
βPrincess, on my word, I did not wish to offend her.β β©
βIn a minute I shall be at your disposal.β β©
βThe principle of monarchies is honor seems to me incontestable. Certain rights and privileges for the aristocracy appear to me a means of maintaining that sentiment.β β©
βIf you regard the question from that point of view.β β©
The Illuminati sought to substitute republican for monarchical institutions. β©
βThatβs a superb animal.β β©
βOf a charming woman, as witty as she is lovely.β β©
βThat girl shall be my wife.β β©
βDelighted to see you.β β©
βHe is all the rage just now.β β©
To be a man. β©
βCousinhood is a dangerous neighborhood.β β©
The French shawl dance. β©
βHe is charming; he has no sex.β β©
To force the guard. β©
Death gives relief and death is peaceful.
Ah! from suffering there is no other refuge.
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Poisonous nourishment of a too sensitive soul,
Thou, without whom happiness would for me be impossible,
Tender melancholy, ah, come to console me,
Come to calm the torments of my gloomy retreat,
And mingle a secret sweetness
With these tears that I feel to be flowing.
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Are the pretty women. β©
βTo shed (or not to shed) the blood of his peoples.β β©
Old style. β©
Those whom (God) wishes to destroy he drives mad. β©
βLong live the king.β β©
βRoyalty has its obligations.β β©
Forty-two. β©
βFood for cannon.β β©
βMoscow, the Asiatic capital of this great empire, the sacred city of Alexanderβs people, Moscow with its innumerable churches shaped like Chinese pagodas.β β©
βChild of the Don.β β©
βEverything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.β β©
βDonβt see it that way, thatβs the trouble.β β©
βWhen in doubt, my dear fellow, do nothing.β β©
βThink it over; get into the barque, and take care not to make it a barque of Charon.β β©
βIt is the talk of all Moscow. My word, I admire you!β β©
βWho excuses himself, accuses himself.β β©
βA little bit in love with the young man.β β©
A kind of entrenchment. β©
βThe war must be extended widely. I cannot sufficiently commend that view.β β©
βOh, yes, the only aim is to weaken the enemy, so of course one cannot take into account the loss of private individuals.β β©
Lay member of the Society of Jesus. β©
A masterly woman. β©
βOh, Mamma, donβt talk nonsense! You donβt understand anything. In my position I have obligations.β β©
βNo, tell him I donβt wish to see him, I am furious with him for not keeping his word to me.β β©
βCountess, there is mercy for every sin.β β©
βThat Asiatic city of the innumerable churches, holy Moscow! Here it is then at last, that famous city. It was high time.β β©
βBring the boyars to me.β β©
βMy dear, my tender, my poor mother.β β©
βHouse of my Mother.β β©
To RostopchΓnβs ferocious patriotism. β©
βGood day, everybody!β β©
βAre you the master here?β β©
βQuarters, quarters, lodgings! The French are good fellows. What the devil! There, donβt let us be cross, old fellow!β β©
βYou canβt pass!β β©
βLook here, no nonsense!β β©
Though a foreigner, Russian in heart and soul. β©
Our most gracious sovereign. β©
Whose flames illumined his route. β©
βMy child! I love you and have known you a long time.β β©
βThank you for coming, my dear.β β©
As looters. β©
Large battalions are always victorious. β©
A captain of Cossacks. β©
βAh, itβs you! Do you want something to eat? Donβt be afraid, they wonβt hurt you.β β©
βCome in, come in.β β©
βThank you, sir.β β©
βWho goes there?β β©
βLancers of the 6th Regiment.β β©
βPassword.β β©
βTell me, is Colonel GΓ©rard here?β β©
βWhen an officer is making his round, sentinels donβt ask him for the password.β ββ β¦ I am asking you if the colonel is here.β β©
βGood day, gentlemen.β β©
βTo your places.β β©
βGet along, get along!β β©
βI have acted the Emperor long enough; it is time to act the general.β β©
βIt is great.β β©
That it is great. β©
βFrom the sublime to the ridiculous is but
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