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War an Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir) is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik (Russian: Русский Вестник, "Russian Messenger"), which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy's two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world's greatest novels.

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  • This novel's first epilogue says, "the activity of Alexander or of Napoleon cannot be called useful or harmful"
  • Napoleon invades Russia; causes problems for Natasha; leaves
  • Our copy of this 1865-69 Tolstoy work is 1,444 pages long
  • Sonya is a kittenish 15-year-old introduced in book 1 of this long Tolstoy novel
  • In this Tolstoy work, Countess Bezuhov finds herself, like Mary MacGregor, torn between two lovers
  • In chapter 2 of this Tolstoy novel, Princess Bolkonsky says, "Tell me what this war is about"
  • A 1968 film based on this Russian novel was released in a shortened 6-hour 13-minute version
  • Our copy of this 1865-69 Tolstoy work is 1,444 pages long
  • Tolstoy's first full-length novel, it includes a cast of more than 500 characters
  • The uncut version of this Russian epic based on a Tolstoy novel is more than 8 hours long
  • Natasha Rostova,Pierre Bezuhov,Napoleon
  • Even the epilogue is lengthy in this 1869 Tolstoy epic; it comes out in 2 parts &, in our copy, is 105 pages long
  • Among other events in this Tolstoy novel, the emperor Napoleon shouts, sneers & takes snuff
  • Prokofiev turned this Tolstoy book into a very long 5-act opera
  • The epic "Voyna i mir"
  • Prokofiev spent over 10 years turning this Tolstoy epic into an opera
  • It took over 1,000 pages but "All's Well That Ends Well" was the first title of this Tolstoy epic
  • 1860s book/Bolkonsky & Rostova/Read in a day, not!
  • Gonna sit right down & read all 1,408 pages of this 19th century novel featuring Maria Ignatyevna Peronsky
  • Boris (Drubetskoy) & Natasha (Rostova) are 2 of the many characters in this Tolstoy tome
  • Prince Andrei is contemptuous of his silly society girl wife Lise in this Tolstoy epic
  • The uncut version of this Russian epic based on a Tolstoy novel is more than 8 hours long
  • This Tolstoy epic of Russian society between 1805 & 1815 contains more than 500 characters
  • Tolstoy: "'Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes'"
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.) Novel in which Moscow was without its inhabitants & the soldiers were sucked into her, radiating from the Kremlin
  • Natasha Rostova marries Pierre Bezukhov in this classic Tolstoy novel
  • The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel
  • Lisel Mueller's "For a Thirteenth Birthday" begins, "You have read" this Tolstoy epic
  • The Met's 2002 production of this opera "calls for 346 people onstage along with a horse (Napoleon's)"
  • In 1956 Audrey Hepburn played Natasha Rostov in a nearly 3 1/2 hour film version of this book
  • An 8-hour epic:"Voyna i mir"
  • Hugo Grotius helped found international law with "De Jure Belli ac Pacis", "On the Law of" these 2 things

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  • I took a speed reading course and read ‘War and Peace’ in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. —Woody Allen
  • @JamieDMJ @MCSoapthgr8 Now I want to read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and War and Peace.
  • @shennners be the size of war and peace. 😂
  • RT @jncatron: The most annoying thing about Israel is how they think they're entitled to the advantages of both war and peace, but none of …
  • @paulcoxon I studied speed reading. Efficient, but you do lose some detail. I can read War and Peace in 28 minutes. It's about Russia.
  • I'm reading an article about U of Maine's increasing dropout rate, when I realize what Tolstoy was talking about in War and Peace.
  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 1869 via @thereadinglife
  • @shan_fal don't wish that evil upon anyone
  • When reading "War and Peace", #Putin never got to the part about peace. #Ukraine
  • RT @TNDemocrats: It took Tolstoy less time to write "War and Peace" than it has taken @BillHaslam to put together the TN Plan.
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  • Bondarchuk's War and Peace (1967): An Epic Among Epics
  • RT @colbenjamin: Shorter than War and Peace but much more exciting. HARRY'S WAR
  • "To Sip the Bittersweet," my Tuesday blog is up! War and peace. Love and hate. Success and nausea.
  • The most annoying thing about Israel is how they think they're entitled to the advantages of both war and peace, but none of the drawbacks.
  • When a President goes before a global audience and says he lacks a strategy on a matter of war and peace - it is damaging on many levels
  • Presidents should never come before a global audience and say they don't have a strategy on a matter of war and peace. Likely to be damaging
  • RT @HowardKurtz: Apparently I was so focused on Obama's remarks on war and peace that I utterly missed the ...
  • RT @Bipartisanism: Apparently I was so focused on Obama's remarks on war and peace that I utterly missed the Twitter explosion over his tan…
  • RT @HowardKurtz: Apparently I was so focused on Obama's remarks on war and peace that I utterly missed the Twitter explosion over his tan s…
  • Apparently I was so focused on Obama's remarks on war and peace that I utterly missed the Twitter explosion over his tan suit. My bad
  • Every time I see PBO make crucial decisions like war and peace such as today I'm more convinced than ever we made the right pick as prez.
  • @marcusechavez Nah, just a jacket and a tie. He's been talking about war and peace and stuff.
  • “We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
  • Here's one for the intellectuals amongst you. Or indeed anyone. 'Underriver Cricket Club at war and Peace 1939-47' (
  • RT @illGatesMusic: American war vets, join the movement! <3
  • @AGilinsky war and peace
  • Happy Birthday #author of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" Leo Tolstoy!
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  • RT @FXMC1957: 28 August 1828. Leo Tolstoy was born Yasnaya Polyana, Russia. He's best remembered for 2 novels: "War and Peace" & "Anna Ka…
  • @ISTAmembers and we thought War and Peace was tough....
  • We are the kids of war and peace
  • In what Year did Tolstoy write War and Peace? #tolstoy #write
  • In what year was the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy published? - #peace #tolstoy #novel
  • @catesish What are you reading, War and Peace?
  • War and Peace by Edgell Rickword : The Poetry Foundation
  • @JayBoosh Vol. Island/Angel of Despair/Geist Badlands/Clone/Sw. of War and Peace Char/Thran Dynamo/Tundra
  • “When it came to matters of war and peace, Obama was winging it, overwhelmed by the complexity of the world.”
  • RT @Disalmanac: Today in 1828, Leo Tolstoy was born. His book "War And Peace" is so long, it's the "Infinite Jest" of books.
  • We care for tech and Celebs, not war and peace
  • Diplomacy: Searching for the middle ground between war and peace - Jerusalem Post
  • @DeanLDN22 go to Delirium if you're after a beer and absynthe menu the size of war and peace
  • RT @jin10seconds: 140826 war and peace. #BTS #JIN #진 @BTS_twt
  • I love #gastrodiplomacy, "The closest interaction many Americans have with other countries' cultures is through food"
  • @Disalmanac War and Peace is the Russian equivalent of "Use your Illusion Pts, 1 & 2" #RussiainvadedUkraine
  • I listened to the whole of War and Peace the audiobook. I was asleep for most of it, if that counts.
  • Today in 1828, Leo Tolstoy was born. His book "War And Peace" is so long, it's the "Infinite Jest" of books.