title: War and Peace (SparkNotes Literature Guide) (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)
author: Leo Tolstoy
description: Featuring explanations of key themes, Motifss, and Symbolss including: * Irrationality * Inexplicable Love * Financial Loss * The Search for Meaning * The Limits of Leadership * Death as a Revelation And detailed analysis of these important characters: * Pierre Bezukhov * Opposites * Natasha Rostova * Platon Karataev * Andrew Bolkonski * General Kutuzov
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  Title: War and Peace  
    
  Author: Leo Tolstoy  
    
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  Posting Date: January 10, 2009 [EBook #2600]  
  Last Updated: December 5, 2016  
    
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  [BOOK ONE:
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  [CHAPTER
  I](@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@2600@2600-h@2600-h-1.htm.html#link2HCH0001)
  
  
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