A great novel by the great Russian writer who has become a world famous literary classic. The final volume of the epic opens up a new side of its heroes, and familiar storylines take an unexpected twist. Moral changes in Natasha Rostova after the death of Prince Andrei, the love of Nikolai Rostov and Princess Marya Bolkonskaya, Pierre Bezukhov’s acquaintance with Platon Karataev in French captivity … Seemingly scattered events line up in an inextricable chain, complementing and clarifying the philosophical idea of the genius writer-humanist.
«Away from business and among the conditions of court life, it is very difficult for events to be reflected in all their fullness and power. Involuntarily, general events are grouped around one particular case. So now the main joy of the courtiers was as much in the fact that we won as and the fact that the news of this victory came exactly on the birthday of the sovereign. It was like a successful surprise … »
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