War and Peace, Volume 4Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1865-69), an epic novel considered one of his masterpieces, is set in the backdrop of the Napoleonic invasion of Russia.The novel depicts Russian society at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Focusing on five aristocratic families, the novel presents Tolstoy's view that the events that shape history are inevitable and that the course of history cannot be altered by individuals. |
Contents
1812 | 1 |
CHAPTER XX | 68 |
CHAPTER XXI | 75 |
CHAPTER XXII | 84 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 92 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 96 |
CHAPTER XXV | 101 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 115 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 146 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 162 |
CHAPTER XXXIII | 166 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 172 |
CHAPTER XXXV | 181 |
CHAPTER XXXVI | 189 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 198 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | 204 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 123 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 129 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 134 |
CHAPTER XXX | 140 |
CHAPTER XXXIX | 210 |
1812 | 215 |
CHAPTER II | 221 |
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