Penguin Classics

WAR AND PEACE 1 & 2

Leo Tolstoy
Translated by Rosemary Edmonds

Few would dispute the claim of War and Peace to be regarded as the greatest novel in any language. This massive chronicle, to which Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) devoted five whole years shortly after his marriage, portrays Russian family life during and after the Napoleonic War. Tolstoy's faith in life and his piercing insight lend universality to a work which holds the mirror up to Nature are truly as that of Shakespeare or Homer.

WAR AND PEACE 1
The first volume of Rosemary Edmond's modern translation takes the story as far as the appearance of the celebrated comet before Napoleon's crossing of the Niemen.

The cover shows Alan Dobie as Andrei in the BBC Television production of War and Peace produced by David Conroy, directed by John Davies. Photograph by Lief Ericksenn

WAR AND PEACE 2
This second volume of Rosemary Edmond's modern translation describes Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812 and the retreat from Moscow.

The cover shows Morag Hood as Natasha in the BBC Television production of War and Peace produced by David Conroy, directed by John Davies. Photograph by Douglas Playle

Genres: Historical Fiction - Classics - Russia - Russian Literature - War - 19th Century - Russian Author