Started: 6/23/06
Finished: 8/13/06
Year: 1968
Genre: Historical Fiction
Grade: B
Reason for reading: Booksfree.com and trying to read up on classics
Blurb (from back cover): "War and Peace, probably the greatest novel ever written, stands alone in its vast scope and minute detail, its immense diversity and final unity. Set in the years leading up to and culminating in Napoleon's disastrous Russian invasion, the novel focuses upon an entire society torn by conflict and change. Here is humanity in all its innocence and corruption, wisdom and folly, painful defeats and enduring triumphs. Here is the seemingly effortless artistry of a master capable of protraying with equal power the clash of armies and solitary anguish of the heart. Here, finally, is a view of history and personal destiny that is perpetually modern."
Opinion: I am glad that I read this classic and continue to find myself amazed that I liked it as much as I did. I'm not one for historical books but for some reason, this book gripped me. I probably will not reread it due to its length but if there was an occasion to reread it, I might do it.
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