War and Peace
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Leo Tolstoy's vast novel of Russian aristocratic life during the Napoleonic era, serialized in 1865–1867 and published in book form in 1869. It interweaves the private lives of five families with the public history of Russia's resistance to Napoleon's 1812 invasion, and closes with long philosophical meditations on history and human agency. It is widely considered one of the greatest novels ever written and the definitive treatment of war, peace, and historical causation in the novel form.
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