War and Peace: Vintage Classics

This indispensable translation is as close to the original as it is possible to get while at the same time being a clear and fluid rendering of the Russian.

Tolstoy-s enthralling epic depicts Russia-s war with Napoleon and its effects on the lives of those caught up in the conflict. He creates some of the most vital and involving characters in literature as he follows the rise and fall of families in St Petersburg and Moscow who are linked by their personal and political relationships. His heroes are the thoughtful yet impulsive Pierre Bezukhov, his ambitious friend, Prince Andrei, and the woman who becomes indispensable to both of them, the enchanting Natasha Rostov.

TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY