War and Peace: 3-Volume Boxed Set; Introduction by R. F. Christian

It's technically perfect! The cardboard box isn't as hard as I thought, but it's good. The content itself doesn't need comments.

In some ways a typical Russian novel in that it depicts life and events with stunning granularity and intrigue. And if that’s all you’re looking for, settle in for a treat and enjoy the ride. There’s plenty of it.But if you’re looking for an intellectual journey that challenges your concepts of what he calls the “Science of History”, confronting the most challenging topics like Freedom, free will, continuity of history and inevitably, then I can think of no better place to spend what took me a considerable amount of time.An intricate Russian novel placed within the context of historical events, surrounded by historical characters, and supported by occasional thought provoking essays on relevant topics that provide support for the fictional characters and meaning behind the history.Historically accurate, philosophically provoking and artistically genius. Must read.

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It’s worth the money for this addition. The paper is amazing. Everything feels great. You just want to hold it and look at it and feel it and read it.

I first came across this book on Amazon when my brother wanted to purchase a book (decline and fall of the roman empire), after having purchased that book, War and Peace was recommended to me, I quickly read the cover and decided to purchase it just a few days later. The book remained on my shelf for about 3 months until one day I was sitting bored at home and decided to start reading books. I picked up War and Peace after skimming through a couple of my books and in just one day I read about 30 to 40 pages, and after two weeks I had finished the entire book.There are two things that kept me reading this book; the first thing that kept me reading this book was the philosophy. The philosophical part of the book had me lost in the pages to the point that I wasn't even aware of my own life and was just focused on the words written in the pages, and afterwards reflecting on what I had just read was soul quenching. The Philosophy within the book was so strange, it was as if I knew what Tolstoy was trying to point out, but it just needed to be written down so that I could comprehend it, if that makes sense.Second were the characters within the book, Prince Andei, Pierre, Dolokhov and many others. In the beginning, not being familiar with the characters, I was a patient observer, then after continuing my reading and seeing the characters develop and go through their struggles in life allowed me to sympathize with them despite being disapproving of them at first, and although their lives were set in the late 18th and early 19th century, I related to them in every way because their struggles were no different from our very own despite the times, like when Pierre (SPOILERS START HERE) was somewhat pressured to marry Helene and then later finding her ungrateful, or when Dolokhov after being shot despite being the kind of person he was felt love for his sister and mother and towards his friends, and especially Prince Andrei who so vehemently wanted to carry out revenge against Anatole for what he did to him but then sympathizing with him when he saw his leg cut off. (SPOILERS OVER).Now who is looking forward to reading this book, don't spoil it for yourself if you haven't already and read it from there, believe me each moment will be like wondering what will happen next.