War and Peace
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War and Peace is an epic novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and phil
Front page of War and Peace sixth volume, first edition, 1869 (Russian)
Tolstoy photographed in 1868, during the composition of War and Peace.
Tolstoy's notes from the ninth draft of War and Peace, 1864.
Cover of War and Peace, Italian translation, 1899.
Anna Karenina
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Anna Karenina is a novel, first published in book form in 1878, by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Often considered to be among the greatest works of world literature, Tolstoy himself called it his fi
War and Peace
…in 1865, after which the entire book was rewritten and published in 1869. The novel has claims to be the greatest novel written. It is regarded, with Anna Karenina, as Tolstoy's finest literary achievement, and it remains an internationally praised classic of world literature. The book chronicles the French invasion…
Cover page of the first volume of Anna Karenina, Moscow, 1878
Anna Karenina family tree
Greta Garbo in a publicity still for Anna Karenina, MGM's influential 1935 production of Tolstoy's novel.
Portrait of a Young Woman (or so called "Anna Karenina") by Aleksei Mikhailovich Kolesov, 1885, National Museum in Warsaw