War and Peace

War and Peace
Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Soon to be a major TV series, airing in 2016.‘War & Peace’ is a masterpiece – an epic portrait of Russian society and its descent into the Napoleonic Wars, which has inspired love and devotion among its readers for over a century.Focusing on the lives of five aristocratic families, ‘War & Peace’ tells the story of three young people whose lives are swept along by events and changed forever: the misfit Pierre, philosophical Andrei and romantic, impulsive Natasha.Their stories play out alongside a great cast of characters, from the aristocrat to the peasant, as the great historical events of the period unfold, culminating in Napoleon’s fateful invasion of Russia.

WAR AND PEACE

Leo Tolstoy

Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude

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CONTENTS

Copyright (#u258f078f-43cb-57bf-b820-1dd6b18befe0)

Characters in the Novel (#ulink_e1470055-cfe3-5002-953d-8d80905528fd)

Book One—1805

Chapter I (#ulink_20b1e27f-bc7a-54fa-82e0-ea5d4a7aaac3)

Chapter II (#ulink_03c35ea9-a877-5bf0-8da9-12f09819a454)

Chapter III (#ulink_a32df2b2-a429-5361-a008-6922964a153e)

Chapter IV (#ulink_54a0333b-0214-5e04-898b-c26a9f4da142)

Chapter V (#ulink_4d12b90c-c00f-5b76-b5c0-33b2120a5819)

Chapter VI (#ulink_8387c4f6-e6b9-5b8f-8cdb-295b66e9cb83)

Chapter VII (#ulink_78da609d-7047-5f38-87f8-c676c285d59f)

Chapter VIII (#ulink_74f8ccfc-3f1c-55a0-9a9b-ae3eedf476ac)

Chapter IX (#ulink_3d6ae56f-c68d-5c37-8b6f-0c8b4dba66c6)

Chapter X (#ulink_d58a1203-ac53-57b1-bce7-1a6a11aa01ea)

Chapter XI (#ulink_7774639a-4804-56e8-93cf-c7186bf8da3f)

Chapter XII (#ulink_43db70c9-3310-52be-8704-02c0b9c95929)

Chapter XIII (#ulink_aad9c29d-2dec-5055-86e0-949a7eb05372)

Chapter XIV (#ulink_2d70cde9-a957-552c-a432-21a6f4de7a5e)

Chapter XV (#ulink_83127fb8-00be-5132-848c-97e82aabe17e)

Chapter XVI (#ulink_4f3169a4-3a5b-5e71-afde-ebb0261bbe17)

Chapter XVII (#ulink_f9da1ec2-e9fa-536d-b724-5ee4a8bad20b)

Chapter XVIII (#ulink_50ac34e7-479e-512d-a73b-56fda1471fcc)

Chapter XIX (#ulink_96972b1e-f9dd-5b5a-90fe-374899c1cbaf)

Chapter XX (#ulink_a7dcc50c-c066-5a5f-94df-8bdb0562088d)

Chapter XXI (#ulink_bb58c69d-6179-59d5-888e-0506d77588ff)

Chapter XXII (#ulink_c877e2ab-f866-5bd1-a4a0-8d7690c8a978)

Chapter XXIII (#ulink_7ebfd0a4-7092-5a37-8662-893cac33c3e8)

Chapter XXIV (#ulink_8314a4e4-0f4a-5ca3-974a-f416f45c609d)

Chapter XXV (#ulink_3f3fd88b-cf85-5f0b-a8ea-84e39c87b6bd)

Chapter XXVI (#ulink_6d7f7e90-87b5-5325-8ec8-457c33abde41)

Chapter XXVII (#ulink_c4734e71-22cc-5e5d-8c19-5dc7f40521aa)

Chapter XXVIII (#ulink_3f3c10ce-52d4-5025-87a7-4da4cee1169b)

Book Two—1805

Chapter I (#ulink_57d5cff8-d201-5256-a690-1167dd28d29e)

Chapter II (#ulink_f4c9882a-7153-5b22-9014-a480ecc6f09c)

Chapter III (#ulink_25578b66-3e0a-5834-8c4f-2ba607ca87a0)