War and Peace（戰爭與和平）（II）（英文版）
Oftencalledthegreatestnoveleverwritten,WarandPeaceisatonceanepicoftheNapoleonicWars,aphilosophicalstudy,andacelebrationoftheRussianspirit.Tolstoy'sgeniusisseenclearlyinthemultitudeofcharactersinthismassivechronicle—allofthemfullyrealizedandequallymemorable.WhileitexpressesTolstoy'sviewthathistoryisaninexorableprocesswhichmancannotinfluence,hepeopleshisgreatnovelwithacastofoverfivehundredcharacters.Outofthiscomplexnarrativeemergesaprofoundexaminationoftheindividual'splaceinthehistoricalprocess,onethatmakesitclearwhyThomasMannpraisedTolstoyforhisHomericpowersandplacedWarandPeaceinthesamecategoryastheIliad:"Toreadhim…istofindone'swayhome…toeverythingwithinusthatisfundamentalandsane."Epicinscale,WarandPeacedelineatesingraphicdetaileventsleadinguptoNapoleon'sinvasionofRussia,andtheimpactoftheNapoleoniceraonTsaristsociety,asseenthroughtheeyesoffiveRussianaristocraticfamilies.
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