{"product_id":"war-and-peace-paperback","title":"War and Peace - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Briggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Briggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntony's Brigg's acclaimed translation of Tolstoy's great Russian epic. \u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition includes an introduction, note on the translation, cast of characters, maps, notes on the major battles depicted, and chapter summaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Antony Brigg's translation of \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The best translation so far of Tolstoy's masterpiece into English.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Robert A. Maguire, professor emeritus of Russian studies, Columbia University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e -John Bayley, author of \u003ci\u003eElegy for Iris\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCount Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e was born on September 9, 1828, in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia. Orphaned at nine, he was brought up by an elderly aunt and educated by French tutors until he matriculated at Kazan University in 1844. In 1847, he gave up his studies and, after several aimless years, volunteered for military duty in the army, serving as a junior officer in the Crimean War before retiring in 1857. In 1862, Tolstoy married Sophie Behrs, a marriage that was to become, for him, bitterly unhappy. His diary, started in 1847, was used for self-study and self-criticism; it served as the source from which he drew much of the material that appeared not only in his great novels \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace \u003c\/i\u003e(1869) and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e(1877), but also in his shorter works. Seeking religious justification for his life, Tolstoy evolved a new Christianity based upon his own interpretation of the Gospels. Yasnaya Polyana became a mecca for his many converts. At the age of eighty-two, while away from home, the writer suffered a break down in his health in Astapovo, Riazan, and he died there on November 20, 1910. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Briggs\u003c\/b\u003e has written, translated, or edited twenty books in the fields of Russian and English literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrlando Figes \u003c\/b\u003eis the prizewinning author of \u003cb\u003eA People's Tragedy\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNatasha's Dance\u003c\/b\u003e. 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