Literary Fiction
War and Peace
1970·696 pages
Leo Tolstoy's sprawling epic intertwines the personal dramas of Russian aristocratic families with the grand sweep of Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia.
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Leo Tolstoy's sprawling epic intertwines the personal dramas of Russian aristocratic families with the grand sweep of Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia.
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War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events surrounding the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families.
The novel begins in the year 1805 during the reign of Tsar Alexander I and leads up to the 1812 French invasion of Russia by Napoleon. The era of Catherine the Great (1762–1796), when the royal court in Paris was the centre of western European civilization,[16] is still fresh in the m...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Graphic battle scenes with death and injury; war violence is central.
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language depicted.
Substance use
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Minor references to alcohol use in social settings.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ characters or themes depicted.
Religious content
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Recurring references to faith and spirituality in characters' lives.
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult themes depicted.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Strong themes of war, society, and critiques of leadership and history.
Self-harm / suicide
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Themes of despair with mentions of suicide in tragic contexts.
Abuse & suffering
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Depictions of societal suffering and family dysfunction during war.
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