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Isaac Babel said, after reading War and Peace, "If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy." [37] Tolstoy "gives us a unique combination of the 'naive objectivity' of the oral narrator with the interest in detail characteristic of realism. This is the reason for our trust in his presentation." [38]
War and peace: the evils of the first and a plan for preserving the last is a book written by William Jay and published in 1842 that offers a critical examination of the horrors of war and proposes strategies for maintaining peace. [1] Over the years, the book has been reissued in various editions, [2] reflecting its enduring relevance in ...
Introduction: A Confession (1879–1880) [2] Vol. 1: A Criticism of Dogmatic Theology (1880–1882) Vol. 2: The Four Gospels Harmonized and Translated (1880–1882) The Gospel in Brief (Containing only the summaries and translations from Vol. 2) (1882) Vol. 3: What I Believe (aka My Religion) (1884) What Shall We Do Then? (1886) On Life (1887) [3]
Count Pyotr "Petya" Ilyich Rostov (1797–1812) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace.The youngest member of the Rostov family, Petya is initially a minor character; however, towards the end of the novel, Petya's importance to the plot increases as he joins the Russian army in their defence against the French invasion of 1812.
Princess Maria [1] Nikolaevna Bolkonskaya (Russian: Мария Болконская, Mariya Bolkonskaia) is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace. Princess Maria, the sister of Prince Andrei Bolkonsky , is a deeply religious young woman who has resigned herself to an unmarried life to be with her domineering father ...
The book was published in 2012. [10] Chris Mullin in his review for The Daily Telegraph calls it a "good, lucid book by a wise and compassionate man". [4] Bill Gates called the book an "illuminating read" in his review. [11] Rory Stewart in his review for The Guardian labels the book as "well-organised, unaggressive and elegant". [6]
Andrei wishes to marry Natasha, but his father expresses concern: he does not wish to see his son rush into a marriage with a woman half his age, and socially below him. Old Prince Bolkonsky demands that they wait a year before marrying. Andrei proposes marriage to Natasha, who happily accepts, though she is upset by the one-year wait.
Count Nikolai Ilyich Rostov (Russian: Николай Ильич Ростов) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace. Count Nikolai is the brother of Vera Rostova, Natasha Rostova and Petya Rostov. At the start of the novel, Nikolai is aged 20 and a university student.