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War and Peace (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
 

War and Peace (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics Trade Paper)

by Leo Tolstoy





War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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Monika R
  • Rated 5 stars

“I almost stopped reading this book after the first two or three chapters, because it introduces so many characters with forgettable Russian names. I kept thinking about getting a pad and paper to scribble notes on, so that I'd remember who Vladimir Koltokovskyna was or who Ludmilla's Uncle Pieter's nemesis was.

However, after I got through the first bit, I was caught up like Dorothy in the tornado and followed every delicious bit.

It's a classic for a reason and everyone...”

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1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
Lily B
  • Rated 2 stars

“Important book. I get it. Very useful as a background to measure other excruciatingly long, boring novels against. Perhaps an unfair comment, but there you go.”

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Newest Comments

  • Luella S

    luella s said:

    “The movie motivated me to read the novel. Both were good, both required intense concentration.”

    posted 2 days ago
  • iamthepinkylifter

    iamthepinkylifter said:

    “i am determined to finish this book before school starts again in three weeks...so far i am 350 pages in. Engrossing, but challenging, as I'm weak in military and european history.”

    posted 3 weeks ago ( | view 1 reply )
  • Sami M

    sami m said:

    “I started trying to read it for the third time this summer and I must say if you have don't get scared by the initially plentiful characters and the books status as a classic, and just let if flush over you (is that a correct expression, I'm not a native speaker of English) then you will discover a true masterpiece.

    One of the reasons why it is a really great book is the storytelling technique and how the author portrays the characters, they are seen from the inside and from the outside, sometimes through their thoughts and sometimes through the eye of the storyteller. Sometimes the story will move on through a letter. Tolstoy also have a an eye for personalities and how to make them come alive and seem real, I actually have to remind myself that I'm reading about fictional persons.

    As so many classics, the story also got many layers and angles from which it can be read. It's both the development and struggles of the individual persons, and how they try to overcome their own weaknesses, and also a description of a world, the world of aristocratic Russians in the 19th century.

    It have kept me up at night on more than one occassion, and that is maybe the best way to tell if a book is really brilliant!”

    posted Friday, July 25 2008
  • maria

    maria said:

    “Are there any discussion groups on War and Peace? I feel like it takes a village... Maybe it is just the translation I have.”

    posted Thursday, July 10 2008
  • hildagh

    hildagh said:

    “i read the book many years ago.it was fantastic .very beatiful, full of character and very real.it described beatifully the life at that time and i could really live in those characters.all the writer's book are very splendid.”

    posted Tuesday, April 29 2008
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