--- product_id: 253324266 title: "War and Peace: 3-Volume Boxed Set; Introduction by R. F. Christian" price: "₹ 11712" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/253324266-war-and-peace-3-volume-boxed-set-introduction-by-r store_origin: IN region: India --- # PBS-nominated classic 3-volume boxed set Epic 1500+ pages War and Peace: 3-Volume Boxed Set; Introduction by R. F. Christian **Price:** ₹ 11712 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Own the epic that redefined storytelling—don’t just read history, live it! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** War and Peace: 3-Volume Boxed Set; Introduction by R. F. 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F. Christian, adding depth and context to your reading experience. ## Overview This used three-volume boxed set of War and Peace offers Tolstoy’s monumental narrative in a beautifully packaged edition. With over 1,500 pages, it combines fiction, history, and philosophy, providing an immersive look at the Napoleonic Wars through the lives of Russian aristocracy. Highly rated and PBS-nominated, this edition includes an insightful introduction by R. F. Christian, making it a must-have for literary connoisseurs and history enthusiasts alike. ## Description A Stunning Three-Volume Boxed Set of Tolstoy’s masterwork―nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read― War and Peace . War and Peace Review: Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the people's reaction, as told through four aristocratic families - Sydney M. Williams “Autumn Days (and Nights) with Tolstoy” December 10, 2023 “An historian and an artist describing our historic epoch have two quite different tasks before them. As an historian would be wrong if he tried to present an historical person in his entirety, in all his relations with all sides of life, so the artist would fail to perform his task were he to represent the person always in his historical significance.” Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) War and Peace, Appendix, 1868 In the Introduction to my copy of War and Peace, the late Tolstoy scholar Reginald Frank Christian of St. Andrews University wrote: “Many years later he [Tolstoy] told Gorky [Maxim Gorky] that ‘without false modesty, War and Peace is like the Iliad…” Professor Christian added that he had “deliberately refrained from calling War and Peace a novel,” and noted that Tolstoy claimed Anna Karenina, published ten years later, to be his first novel. Tolstoy wrote about what he knew. Born into the aristocracy fifteen years after Napoleon had been pushed out of Russia, he had first-hand war experience in Crimea, where he arrived in the fall of 1854 in time for the siege of Sevastopol. What Tolstoy created in War and Peace is epic – a combination of fiction, history and philosophy – and deserves its classical status. In early September, I read Peggy Noonan’s column in The Wall Street Journal, “My Summer with Leo Tolstoy.” The first thing I did, after deciding to read the book, was ditch the one-volume paperback I had purchased a few years earlier and bought a more-easily-handled three-volume set translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. At story’s end, I empathized with Ms. Noonan’s quote of George Will, who on completing Moby Dick wrote: “To think I might have died without reading it!” . Tolstoy wrote of war: “On the 12th of June 1812, the forces of Western Europe crossed the Russian frontier and war began…” “One step beyond that boundary line which resembles the line dividing the living from the dead, lies uncertainty…You fear and yet long to cross that line, and know that sooner or later it must be crossed…” He wrote of people, of four families, but especially of two individuals: Countess Natásha Rostóva, a “…strikingly poetic, charming girl, overflowing with life!” and Count Pierre Bezúkhov, a large, young, unhappily married man who searches for life’s purpose: “To that question What for? a simple answer was now always ready in his soul: ‘Because there is a God, that God without whose will not one hair falls from a man’s head.’” As well, Tolstoy pondered social, ethical, and religious concerns of the time, and he philosophized about the difficulty to understand the why of events like Napoleon’s invasion of Russia: “The higher the human intellect rises in the discovery of these purposes, the more obvious it becomes that the ultimate purpose is beyond our comprehension.” At over 1,500 pages, War and Peace is daunting, but it is captivating in all aspects. Like Dostoevsky and Chekhov, Tolstoy’s characters have names difficult for American ears. But they are descriptive and credible. Readers will not soon forget Andrew’s death, Sónya’s unrequited love, nor Mary’s loyalty. To those interested in the Napoleonic Wars, Tolstoy provided a window on that era from Russia’s perspective. And for us, living in traumatic times, his questions, thoughts, and timeless wisdom on life deserve our reflection. I spent many hours with Tolstoy, and I am glad I did. Review: War and Peace (everyman's library - hardcover) - It's technically perfect! The cardboard box isn't as hard as I thought, but it's good. The content itself doesn't need comments. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #81,170 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #278 in War Fiction #808 in U.S. Literature #1,532 in Humor | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 594 Reviews | ## Images ![War and Peace: 3-Volume Boxed Set; Introduction by R. F. Christian - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/712JCwKNMlL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the people's reaction, as told through four aristocratic families *by S***S on 10 December 2023* Sydney M. Williams “Autumn Days (and Nights) with Tolstoy” December 10, 2023 “An historian and an artist describing our historic epoch have two quite different tasks before them. As an historian would be wrong if he tried to present an historical person in his entirety, in all his relations with all sides of life, so the artist would fail to perform his task were he to represent the person always in his historical significance.” Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) War and Peace, Appendix, 1868 In the Introduction to my copy of War and Peace, the late Tolstoy scholar Reginald Frank Christian of St. Andrews University wrote: “Many years later he [Tolstoy] told Gorky [Maxim Gorky] that ‘without false modesty, War and Peace is like the Iliad…” Professor Christian added that he had “deliberately refrained from calling War and Peace a novel,” and noted that Tolstoy claimed Anna Karenina, published ten years later, to be his first novel. Tolstoy wrote about what he knew. Born into the aristocracy fifteen years after Napoleon had been pushed out of Russia, he had first-hand war experience in Crimea, where he arrived in the fall of 1854 in time for the siege of Sevastopol. What Tolstoy created in War and Peace is epic – a combination of fiction, history and philosophy – and deserves its classical status. In early September, I read Peggy Noonan’s column in The Wall Street Journal, “My Summer with Leo Tolstoy.” The first thing I did, after deciding to read the book, was ditch the one-volume paperback I had purchased a few years earlier and bought a more-easily-handled three-volume set translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. At story’s end, I empathized with Ms. Noonan’s quote of George Will, who on completing Moby Dick wrote: “To think I might have died without reading it!” . Tolstoy wrote of war: “On the 12th of June 1812, the forces of Western Europe crossed the Russian frontier and war began…” “One step beyond that boundary line which resembles the line dividing the living from the dead, lies uncertainty…You fear and yet long to cross that line, and know that sooner or later it must be crossed…” He wrote of people, of four families, but especially of two individuals: Countess Natásha Rostóva, a “…strikingly poetic, charming girl, overflowing with life!” and Count Pierre Bezúkhov, a large, young, unhappily married man who searches for life’s purpose: “To that question What for? a simple answer was now always ready in his soul: ‘Because there is a God, that God without whose will not one hair falls from a man’s head.’” As well, Tolstoy pondered social, ethical, and religious concerns of the time, and he philosophized about the difficulty to understand the why of events like Napoleon’s invasion of Russia: “The higher the human intellect rises in the discovery of these purposes, the more obvious it becomes that the ultimate purpose is beyond our comprehension.” At over 1,500 pages, War and Peace is daunting, but it is captivating in all aspects. Like Dostoevsky and Chekhov, Tolstoy’s characters have names difficult for American ears. But they are descriptive and credible. Readers will not soon forget Andrew’s death, Sónya’s unrequited love, nor Mary’s loyalty. To those interested in the Napoleonic Wars, Tolstoy provided a window on that era from Russia’s perspective. And for us, living in traumatic times, his questions, thoughts, and timeless wisdom on life deserve our reflection. I spent many hours with Tolstoy, and I am glad I did. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ War and Peace (everyman's library - hardcover) *by F***. on 27 November 2019* It's technically perfect! The cardboard box isn't as hard as I thought, but it's good. The content itself doesn't need comments. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3 Volumes easier to handle *by O***P on 14 June 2021* The splitting up of the book into 3 volumes makes it easier to handle, and often single volume versions compress the text making it harder to read comfortably. 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