Cliffs Notes on Tolstoy's War and Peace (Cliffs Notes) by Marianne Sturman


Cliffs Notes on Tolstoy's War and Peace (Cliffs Notes)
Title : Cliffs Notes on Tolstoy's War and Peace (Cliffs Notes)
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ISBN : 0822013665
ISBN-10 : 9780822013662
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 120
Publication : First published June 1, 1967

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.

In CliffsNotes on War and Peace, you discover Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece -- an epic novel of Russian society in the early 19th century. The novel combines the personal stories of members of three prominent Russian families with the historical backdrop of Russia's war with France.

Summaries and commentaries guide you through each chapter of the novel, and critical essays help you understand the structure, themes, and technical devices used in writing the novel. Other features that help you study include

A section on the life and background of Leo Tolstoy

Cliffs Notes on Tolstoy's War and Peace (Cliffs Notes) Reviews

  • Fred Kohn

    I wasn't going to review this at first. After all, a Cliffs is a Cliffs is a Cliffs, isn't it? Then I realized that wasn't really fair, especially as the Cliffs notes for
    Atlas Shrugged was pretty well awful by comparison to this one. This lady did a pretty decent job in such a slim commentary, and deserves a shout-out for that. And I'm definitely going to follow her recommendation and read
    The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History.

  • Nick Martin

    Yes a joke,
    But hopefully with some feedback, encouragement &, insight as to why I want to spend the next two months growing a beard and suffering multiple strokes - I'll see; where Cliff was comming from :-).

  • David McClendon, Sr

    This was helpful. It would have been better if it had more closely matched our translation of the novel.

  • Amanda

    Okay, normally I wouldn't rate and review a Cliffs Notes book, but this one is over 100 pages long and well written. I doubt I would have made it through War and Peace without it.

  • Kathy

    Very helpful when tackling this long book.