Published in 1869 and containing four volumes, Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace is regarded as a masterpiece of world literature. This novel is, like many Russian works, EPIC, not only in character development, but the length of this book makes it one of the longest novels ever written, demonstrating a somewhat uniquely Russian style character. Students will no doubt feel a little daunted by the thickness of this work, but don't fret: students have two weeks to read it. This novel is classed as belonging to the genre of Historical Fiction. It also contains other literary genres such as romance and drama.War and Peace covers the period of the French invasion into Russia, Napoleon era and Tsarist controversy, and of course the main characters of the novel who experience and tell the story of these events- five Russian aristocratic families.
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