War and Peace

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Russian literature work historical novel novel

War and Peace is a monumental 19th-century Russian novel that intertwines the lives of aristocratic families with the historical events of the Napoleonic Wars, exploring themes of history, fate, and human nature.

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War and Peace canonical 46
war and peace 15
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 5

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian literature work ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
musical ⓘ
opera ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
television series ⓘ
approximateLength over 1,200 pages ⓘ
author Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
considered one of the greatest novels of all time ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
featuresCharacter Anatole Kuragin ⓘ
Count Ilya Rostov ⓘ
Anatole Kuragin ⓘ
surface form: Helene Kuragin

Natasha Rostova ⓘ
Count Ilya Rostov ⓘ
surface form: Nikolai Rostov

Pierre Bezukhov ⓘ
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky ⓘ
Princess Marya Bolkonskaya ⓘ
Sonya ⓘ
featuresHistoricalEvent Battle of Borodino ⓘ
Burning of Moscow ⓘ
French invasion of Russia ⓘ
featuresHistoricalFigure Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Tsar Alexander I of Russia
firstPublicationDate 1865 ⓘ
1869 ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
hasPart Volume I ⓘ
Volume II ⓘ
Volume III ⓘ
Volume IV ⓘ
epilogue ⓘ
second epilogue ⓘ
influenced later historical novels ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
mainTheme Russian society ⓘ
family ⓘ
fate ⓘ
free will ⓘ
history ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
peace ⓘ
war ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Russian aristocracy ⓘ
detailed battle scenes ⓘ
large cast of characters ⓘ
philosophical digressions on history ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
publicationFormat book ⓘ
serial publication ⓘ
publishedInPeriodical The Russian Messenger ⓘ
settingPeriod Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
settingPlace Moscow ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
battlefields of Europe ⓘ

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Maxine Hong Kingston → fieldOfWork → War and Peace ⓘ
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Yasnaya Polyana → notableWorkWrittenThere → War and Peace ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Война и мир. Том третий
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