Feb 25, 2016 11:19 AM
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War and Peace is a world famous Russian novel, a nineteenth century creation of famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. It has received great admiration world wide.
Background: The French invasion by Napoleon the Great on Tsarist Russia during the beginning of nineteenth century, had motivated the author to pen this novel which the author attributed to more of a poem rather than a novel. The script of it was oriented around five the then Russian aristocratic families namely, the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskies, the Rostovs, the Kuragins and the Drubedskoys. The main characters were Pyotr Bezukhov, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, Princess Maria Bolkonskaya, Countess Natalya Rostova, Princess Elena Kuragina and Prince Boris Dubetskoy. Its final version was published in the year 1869.
Plot: It covers the Battle of Austarlitz that begins in Saint Petersburg and then moves to Russian capital Moscow afterwards. It ends with a Russian defeat.
Popularity:
This novel had been translated in many world languages and I remember during 1980s, famous Indian magazine India Today published a quote from this novel in every issue. Although this novel was more of war as its title suggests, a lot of romance is also included in it which will be a great pleasure for everyone to read it at least once in life.
