War and Peace: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback - 2006
by Leo Tolstoy; Anthony Briggs (Translator); Introduction by Orlando Figes
Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, War and Peace-presented here in the first new English translation in forty years-is often considered the greatest novel ever written. At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life; cynical Prince Andrei, ennobled by wartime suffering; and Natasha Rostov, whose impulsiveness threatens to destroy her happiness. As Tolstoy follows the changing fortunes of his characters, he crafts a view of humanity that is both epic and intimate and that continues to define fiction at its most resplendent.
* Includes an introduction, note on the translation, cast of characters, maps, notes on the major battles depicted, and chapter summaries
About this book
First titled '1805' the first installment was published in the January 1865 edition of Russkiy Vestnik. It ran in serial form for 2 years before Tolstoy reworked much of the manuscript before publishing it in 1869 as War and Peace.
Summary
* Includes an introduction, note on the translation, cast of characters, maps, notes on the major battles depicted, and chapter summaries
"The best translation so far of Tolstoy's masterpiece into English."
-Robert A. Maguire, professor emeritus of Russian studies, Columbia University
"In Tolstoy's work part of the translator's difficulty lies in conveying not only the simplicity but the subtlety of the book's scale and effect. . . . Briggs has rendered both with a particular exactness and a vigorous precision not to be found, I think, in any previous translation."
-John Bayley, author of Elegy for Iris
First Edition Identification
-First American edition published in 6 volumes, translated by Clara Bell, in 1886, New York. Decorated in Brown Cloth.
Details
- Title War and Peace: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- Author Leo Tolstoy; Anthony Briggs (Translator); Introduction by Orlando Figes
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Deluxe
- Pages 1424
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2006-12-01
- ISBN 9780143039990 / 0143039997
- Weight 2.45 lbs (1.11 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.6 x 2.7 in (21.34 x 14.22 x 6.86 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1130
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: French
- Library of Congress subjects Russia - History - Alexander I, 1801-1825, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Campaigns -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006050335
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Library Journal, 02/01/2007, Page 108
- New York Times, 12/24/2006, Page 20
- Newsweek, 10/15/2007, Page 82
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