War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
(Author)
Description
First published in its entirety in 1869, Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece, War and Peace, is both epic and understandably intimidating. The first published edition weighed in at a daunting 1225 pages. Alacrity Press is proud to republish this grand literary achievement as an unabridged slimline edition, which at just over 300 pages and less than three-quarters of an inch thick is meant to actually be read without breaking one's back. This level of economy and portability is accomplished through the use of double columns of professionally-set six point type. Skeptical?-Please peruse the Amazon "Look Inside!" feature to see if this is the edition for you.
Product Details
Price
$13.24
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Publish Date
January 16, 2013
Pages
314
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.66 inches | 0.93 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781481883443
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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born about two hundred miles from Moscow. His mother died when he was two, his father when he was nine. His parents were of noble birth, and Tolstoy remained acutely aware of his aristocratic roots, even when he later embraced doctrines of equality and the brotherhood of man. After serving in the army in the Caucasus and Crimea, where he wrote his first stories, he traveled and studied educational theories. In 1862 he married Sophia Behrs and for the next fifteen years lived a tranquil, productive life, finishing War and Peace in 1869 and Anna Karenina in 1877. In 1879 he underwent a spiritual crisis; he sought to propagate his beliefs on faith, morality, and nonviolence, writing mostly parables, tracts, and morality plays. Tolstoy died of pneumonia in 1910 at the age of eighty-two.