War and Peace

"War and Peace" of Leo Tolstoy is a monumental novel-epopey, recognized as one of the heights of world realistic literature.This is a massive scale plate, in which the life of all layers of Russian society is detailed on the background of the breakthrough historical events of the beginning of the 19th century. In the center of the story is the intersection of the trials of three main characters: the seeking meaning of the life of Pierre Bezukhov, disappointed in the worldly glow of Prince Andrey Bolconsky and pure, impulsive Natasha Rostova. Their personal dramas, spiritual searches, rises and falls develop on the background of large-scale historical shocks - from the worldly salons of St. Petersburg and Moscow to the bloody fields of the battles of Austerlitz and Borodin during the wars with Napoleon. Tolstoy succeeded incredibly: combining the thinest psychological analysis of the human soul with the strict chronicality of the great war, showing how the global history breaks and overflowes the lives of ordinary people. To everyone who wants to experience a large literary adventure, to understand the philosophy of true patriotism and to see one of the deepest breakdowns of human nature in history.