Author: Leo Tolstoy
Translator: Eun-Bin Mang
Publisher: Dong Seo Munhwa Sa
2 Volume Set
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About This Book
The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, originally published as Voyna i
mir in 1865-69. This panoramic study of early 19th-century Russian society,
noted for its mastery of realistic detail and variety of psychological analysis,
is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is
primarily concerned with the histories of five aristocratic
families--particularly the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskys, and the Rostovs--the
members of which are portrayed against a vivid background of Russian social life
during the war against Napoleon (1805-14). The theme of war, however, is
subordinate to the story of family existence, which involves Tolstoy's
optimistic belief in the life-asserting pattern of human existence. The heroine,
Natasha Rostova, for example, reaches her greatest fulfillment through her
marriage to Pierre Bezukhov and her motherhood. The novel also sets forth a
theory of history, concluding that there is a minimum of free choice; all is
ruled by an inexorable historical determinism.
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