Volume I
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Volume I is the opening section of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel "War and Peace," introducing its main characters and setting against the backdrop of early 19th-century Russian society and the Napoleonic Wars.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volume I canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
ⓘ
novel volume ⓘ |
| author | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| depicts |
Moscow aristocratic life
ⓘ
St. Petersburg high society ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
domestic life of the Rostov family
ⓘ
spiritual and moral questions of the protagonists ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
War and Peace
ⓘ
surface form:
War and Peace universe
|
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMajorEvent |
Nikolai Rostov’s early military experiences
ⓘ
Pierre Bezukhov’s inheritance ⓘ family scenes at the Rostov estate ⓘ social gatherings in St. Petersburg salons ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter |
Anatole Kuragin
ⓘ
Anna Pavlovna Scherer ⓘ Count Ilya Rostov ⓘ Vera Rostova ⓘ
surface form:
Countess Rostova
Dolokhov ⓘ Anatole Kuragin ⓘ
surface form:
Helene Kuragin
Natasha Rostova ⓘ Nikolai Rostov ⓘ Pierre Bezukhov ⓘ Prince Andrei Bolkonsky ⓘ Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky ⓘ Prince Vassily Kuragin ⓘ Princess Marya Bolkonskaya ⓘ Sonya ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
historical novel
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Realism
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian realism
|
| mainTheme |
Russian aristocratic society
ⓘ
family and relationships ⓘ personal identity and growth ⓘ War and Peace ⓘ
surface form:
war and peace
|
| narrativeFunction |
establishes social and political background of the novel
ⓘ
introduces main characters of War and Peace ⓘ sets up central conflicts of War and Peace ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | War and Peace ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| workInSeries | first volume of War and Peace ⓘ |
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