内容简介
SetintheyearsleadinguptoandculminatinginNapoleon'sdisastrousRussianinvasion,thisnovelfocusesuponanentiresocietytornbyconflictandchange.Hereishumanityinallitsinnocenceandcorruption,itswisdomandfolly.小说《战争与和平》以库拉金、罗斯托夫、鲍尔康斯基和别朱霍夫四大贵族家庭的生活为情节线索，气势磅礴地反映了十九世纪初到二十年代俄国社会的重大历史事件。
作者简介
Oneofthegreatmastersofthe19th-centurynovel,TolstoycreatedasweepingepicinWarandPeacewhichfoldstogetherhugeeventsinhistoryandpoliticswiththeemotionallivesofindividuals.Butitwashisdeeplyspiritualoutlookthatmadehimanicon.CountLeoTolstoywasbornin1828onthefamilyestateofYasnayaPolyana,intheTulaprovince,wherehespentmostofhisearlyyears,togetherwithhisseveralbrothers.In1844heenteredtheUniversityofKazantoreadOrientalLanguagesandlaterLaw,butleftbeforecompletingadegree.Hespentthefollowingyearsinaroundofdrinking,gamblingandwomanizing,untilwearyofhisidleexistencehejoinedanartilleryregimentintheCaucasusin1851.HetookpartintheCrimeanwarandafterthedefenceofSevastopolwroteTheSevastopolSketches(1855-6),whichestablishedhisliteraryreputation.Afterleavingthearmyin1856TolstoyspentsometimemixingwiththeliteratiinStPetersburgbeforetravelingabroadandthensettlingatYasnayaPolyana,whereheinvolvedhimselfintherunningofpeasantschoolsandtheemancipationoftheserfs.HismarriagetoSofyaAndreyevnaBehrsin1862markedthebeginningofaperiodofcontentmentcentredaroundfamilylife;theyhadthirteenchildren.Tolstoymanagedhisvastestates,continuedhiseducationalprojects,caredforhispeasantsandwrotebothhisgreatnovels,WarandPeace(1869)andAnnaKarenina(1877).Duringthe1870sheunderwentaspiritualcrisis,themoralandreligiousideasthathadalwaysdoggedhimcomingtothefore.AConfession(1879–82)markedanoutwardchangeinhislifeandworks;hebecameanextremerationalistandmoralist,andinaseriesofpamphletswrittenafter1880herejectedchurchandstate,indictedthedemandsofflesh,anddenouncedprivateproperty.HisteachingsearnedhimnumerousfollowersinRussiaandabroad,andalsoledfinallytohisexcommunicationbytheRussianHolySynodin1901.In1910attheageofeighty-twohefledfromhome"leavingthisworldlylifeinordertoliveoutmylastdaysinpeaceandsolitude;"hediedsomedayslateratthestationmaster'shouseatAstapovo.列夫·托尔斯泰（Л.Н.Толстой,LevNikolayevichTolstoy,LeoTolstoy,1828—1910)，19世纪俄罗斯文学写实主义的代表作家，公认的最伟大的俄罗斯文学家，《西方正典》作者、美国著名文学教授兼批评家哈洛·卜伦甚至称之为“从文艺复兴以来，惟一能挑战荷马、但丁与莎士比亚的伟大作家”。对文学拥有“狂恋式爱情”的托尔斯泰，是俄罗斯文学史上创作时间最长、作品数量最多、影响最深远、地位最崇高的作家，重情节、重典型、重写实、重批判的文学时代，在他笔下达到巅峰。长篇巨著《战争与和平》、《安娜·卡列尼娜》和《复活》是托尔斯泰文学艺术上的三个里程碑。百年来，他的作品被译为各国文字，销售量累积超过5亿册，是大师中的大师。《战争与和平》恢弘的构思和卓越的艺术描写震惊世界文坛，成为举世公认的世界文学名著和人类宝贵的精神财富。英国作家毛姆及诺贝尔文学奖得主罗曼·罗兰称赞它是“有史以来最伟大的小说”，“是我们时代最伟大的史诗，是近代的伊利亚特”。
