Author: leotolstoy

“One of the greatest love stories in world literature” (Vladimir Nabokov): Follow the unforgettable trajectory of Anna and Vronsky’s doomed passion as they struggle to find happiness and fulfillment. A classic novel that William Faulkner called “the best ever written.”

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadOften called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy’s genius is seen clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle—all of them fully realized and equally memorable. Out of … and equally memorable. Out of this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the individual’s place in the historical process, one that makes it clear why Thomas Mann praised Tolstoy for his Homeric powers and placed…