what's War and Peace (by Leo Tolstoy) all about?

Question

why mother Teresa and Gandhi impress with it so much?

Answer 1

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

Study Guides:

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-160.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/warandpeace/

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmWarPeace01.asp

PLOT (Synopsis)

The novel opens with the scene of a party in Anna Pavlovna’s house where Prince Vasily, Prince Andrei, Pierre and other influential men are present. Prince Vasily is concerned about his elder son who is a philanderer. Anna Pavlovna promises to help by fixing a match for the boy with Princess Marya Bolkonsky. Anna Mikhailovna requests Prince Vasily to fix a commission for her son in the army. Ellen arrives to accompany her father to the home of the ambassador. More…….

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmWarPeace07.asp

Good luck.

Answer 2

The war with Napoleon-led France is the backdrop to personal stories of members from four aristocratic families: the Bezuhovs, Bolkonskys, Kuragins, and Rostovs. Love, death, war, spiritual struggle, and financial loss bring personal growth for the characters and underscore the main theme: the search for the meaning of life.

I know Mother Teresa won the Leo Tolstoy International Award.

Answer 3

It is the story of the Russian High Society during the era of Napoleon. It is a fantastic story, and one that everyone should try and read at some stage. I loved it and read it twice. Maybe time for a 3rd now. It was written in the late 1880's I think. Maybe wrong about the date.

Answer 4

It's a very long book about Russian families during the Napoleonic wars.

Answer 5

War and Peace, not peace and war. In Russia.

Answer 6

Woody Allen read it after taking a speed reading course and reported that it had something to do with Russia..