War and Peace -- Leo Tolstoy

<b>Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's <i>The Great American Read</i></b> <p/>Often called the greatest novel ever written, <i>War and Peace</i> is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is seen clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle--all of them fully realized and equally memorable. Out of this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the individual's place in the historical process, one that makes it clear why Thomas Mann praised Tolstoy for his Homeric powers and placed <i>War and Peace</i> in the same category as the <i>Iliad: </i> "To read him . . . is to find one' s way home . . . to everything within us that is fundamental and sane."<br><br><b>Author:</b> Leo Tolstoy<br><b>Publisher:</b> Modern Library<br><b>Published:</b> 07/09/2002<br><b>Pages:</b> 1424<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 2.16lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.02h x 5.16w x 1.97d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780375760648<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 10.1<br><b>Point Value:</b> 118<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>10048 / War and Peace<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 07/05/2013 pg. 98<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>A. N. Wilson</b> is an award-winning novelist, biographer, and journalist, and the author of <i>God's Funeral</i> and the biographies <i>C. S. Lewis</i>, <i>Pau