War and Peace: Illustrated Collection (Two Volumes)

★The text contains more than one hundred exquisite illustrations for an excellent reading experience ★A magnificent epic masterpiece presented in an atmospheric manner [About the author] Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a great Russian realist writer, thinker and philosopher. His three representative novels: "War and Peace", "Anna Karenina" and "Resurrection" represent the highest achievement of critical realist literature in the 19th century, pushing Russian literature and even world literature to a new peak. At the same time, Tolstoy's influence far exceeds the boundaries of literature. For nearly two hundred years, he has always been the undoubted spiritual symbol of the Russian nation. Mirsky, the famous Russian literary historian, called Tolstoy "the greatest of the recent generations who have walked on the land of Russia." The "big" here refers to the breadth of Tolstoy's thoughts. Perhaps the practical significance of Tolstoy's works will always ebb and flow with the changes of the times, but there is no doubt about Tolstoy's eternity. [Introduction] "War and Peace" is the representative masterpiece of the great Russian writer Tolstoy. It can be regarded as a masterpiece of world literature in the entire nineteenth century, which greatly expanded the scope and boundaries of the novel. The novel is set against the background of the Russo-French War in 1812 and revolves around four Russian aristocratic families. More than 500 vivid characters are interspersed in it, comprehensively showing the broad picture of Russian society at that time. The vivid characters and the grand background of the times complement each other to form a glorious and magnificent epic work.