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基本信息·出版社：W W Norton & Co Ltd
·页码：1196 页
·出版日期：1995年12月
·ISBN：039396647X
·条形码：9780393966473
·版本：第1版
·装帧：平装
·开本：32开 Pages Per Sheet
·丛书名：Norton Critical Editions
·外文书名：战争与和平(第2版)
内容简介 The text of this revised "Critical Edition" of Tolstoy's novel is based on the Maude translation. The editor has revised the text and updated and expanded the annotations. Three maps of Napoleon's campaigns and battles in Russia are included. The "Backgrounds and Sources" section includes the publication history of "War and Peace", selections from Tolstoy's letters and diaries and three drafts of his introduction to the novel. The book also includes 20 critical essays that provide diverse perspectives on the novel.
From Library Journal
Thanks to British narrator Frederick Davidson's performance, it is safe to say that there will not be a better recording of Tolstoy's masterpiece for some time. The heart of this drama is the metamorphosis of five familiesAsome peasant, some aristocraticAamid the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Each individual is immersed in experiences and conversations elucidating Tolstoy's themes of self-sacrifice and self-indulgence, anguish and ecstasy, diplomacy and deception, and religion and perdition. The complexities of character and plot are sometimes enigmatic, and names are often exhausting to recollect, but the genius of this book is everlasting. The impressive dialog sparkles with humor and wit, and the vivid scenes of battle are riveting. An entire universe is created by one of the foremost thinkers of the 19th century, and Davidson's exquisite narration heightens the perfection of this novel, regarded as one of the greatest in literature. Highly recommended for all collections.ABarbara Mann, Adelphi Univ., Garden City, NY
Book Description
In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. Greater than a historical chronicle, War and Peace is an affirmation of life itself, `a complete picture', as a contemporary reviewer put it, `of everything in which people find their happiness and greatness, their grief and humiliation'.
Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay `Some Words about War and Peace'.
Synopsis
The text of this revised "Critical Edition" of Tolstoy's novel is based on the Maude translation. The editor has revised the text and updated and expanded the annotations. Three maps of Napoleon's campaigns and battles in Russia are included. The "Backgrounds and Sources" section includes the publication history of "War and Peace", selections from Tolstoy's letters and diaries and three drafts of his introduction to the novel. The book also includes 20 critical essays that provide diverse perspectives on the novel.
Book Dimension
Height (mm) 233 Width (mm) 142
作者简介 Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy (born Sept. 9, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empire-died Nov. 20, 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province) Russian writer.
Considered one of the world's greatest novelists, Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy is famous for works that include the 19th century classics War and Peace (1865-69) and Anna Karenina (1877-78). Although he was born into nobility, Tolstoy spent much of his life as a champion of Russia's peasant class, notably in the field of education. He began his literary career in the 1850s, publishing a trilogy about his own life: Childhood (Detstvo, 1852), Boyhood ( Otrochestvo, 1854) and Youth (Yunost', 1857). Tolstoy served in the Russian army during the Crimean War, and his book Sevastopol Sketches (Sevastopol'skie Rasskazy, 1855-56) was well-received in literary circles and praised for its realistic depiction of war. After travelling throughout Europe, Tolstoy returned to the family estate and devoted himself to raising a family and writing his great psychological novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. From the 1880s until his death, he devoted himself to more spiritual and philosophical matters, writing several essays on ethics and morals and coming to terms with his own Christian conversion (described in 1879's Confessions). His other works include the novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1884) and the novel Resurrection (1899-1900).
媒体推荐 Spotlight Review
1.Life., July 9, 2002
Reviewer: miked99 (New York, NY)
Over the 4-week period it took me to read "War and Peace", I was asked several times by friends and co-workers who saw me with the book why it was so long. At first, I really didn't have a good answer although I felt I knew why. Having finished it, I would tell them that its length is due to its being a very thorough novel covering almost every aspect of life in general. This could be said about several books obviously, but in "War and Peace", Tolstoy covers human life more thoroughly than, although maybe not as well as, any other book I've encountered.
"War and Peace" lets us follow along in the daily lives of several land-owning class characters from early 19th Century Russia. The Bolkonsky and Rostov families comprise most of these figures, but their friends and acquaintances take up nearly as much of the focus of Tolstoy's classic novel. These characters cover a wide range of personalities from the devoutly religious Maria Bolkonsky and her close and conflicted friend Natasha Rostov to the independent Pierre Bezuhov and his miserable wife Helene Kuragin. Tolstoy is able to go in and out of his creations' lives with simplicity and without exaggeration, whether its in relating the most common moments of their daily lives or the climaxes of their earthly existences. The range of emotions, feelings, and actions that Tolstoy is able to relate is easily done through his genius in setting the story in the midst of Russia's War of 1812 (the history of which he knew very well), one of the worst in its long history. It's through such a life-shattering event that people can be seen everywhere from their best to their very worst, and Tolstoy, through a compelling story line and the novel's famous length, displays the entire spectrum.
I still love Dostoevsky's writing more, mostly because of the difference in the conclusions his characters come to in their cathartic moments, but "War and Peace" gave me a much greater respect for Tolstoy than I had previously held (having read Anna Karenina, among others). I definitely recommend taking the time to read this classic.
2.Simply one of the best books ever written, December 1, 1999
Reviewer: Doug Vaughn (Washington, Dc USA)
I first tried to read War and Peace in High School. A teacher, who had carried the book all through the Pacific campaign in WWII recommended it as a book that had changed his life. I tried three times and couldn't get past a few hundred pages because of the numerous characters - each with multiple names. The fourth time I stuck with it and was rewarded with a reading experience that has seldom been equaled. Since that time I have reread the book every two or three years, so I must have been through it 15 or more times, and each time I find things I haven't noticed before.
This is such a grand book in terms of number of characters in all levels of Russian society, historical scope, period detail, philosophical implications, romance, drama, tragedy, action etc, etc, etc. There is just no way to enumerate all that is appealing about Tolstoy's masterpiece. The main characters are as humanly complex and interesting as real people. I feel that I know them like friends. The plot(s) are involving and get more tight and interconnected as the book progresses, so that there is a great satisfaction as various threads come together, and never with the jarring coincidences that propel a typical Dickins novel.
If I had to pick only one novel that I would ever be able to read again, it would have to be War and Peace. There is so much of interest going on in this book that it would be hard to wear it out in a lifetime.
Customer Reviews
1.Masterpiece you'll love or hate, October 28, 2006
Reviewer: Benjamin Sinnamon
War and Peace is one of those novels you will either love or hate. Personally, I love it. It deals with issues that a shorter work would leave unresolved. Yes, there are a lot of characters; yes, Tolstoy can get a little longwinded. But it remains a powerful work. Tolstoy did to Russian history what Shakespeare did to British history - he took it and made it his own. While he may present the "cast of thousands," the plot follows only a handful of characters. Since you spend quite a bit of time with them, you develop a bond with them. I confess I caught myself flipping ahead several times to find out what happens...something I never do.
I like the Oxford World Classics because they use good editions (usually) and are affordable which means they're good for students or if you're reading the book for the first time, you're not going to break the bank on something you might not like.
If you don't like War and Peace, don't give up on Tolstoy or the other Russian writers. Most of the novels are shorter and many of them wrote short stories that are extremely good.
2.Win the battle but lose the War, October 18, 2006
Reviewer: Joseph Williams (Kailua, HI United States)
I picked this book up as a challenge to myself due to its length. I thought I would stick with it no matter what. Surprisingly I became involved in the story, and found it very interesting. I thought the Russian language was a little hard, but from the context I was able to draw the meanings for most words. What I found difficult was the French, there would be whole responses, several sentences long, which I would have no clue what was said. The story reveals how even wealthy, powerful people may seem to have it made, but they too can have problems and troubles like all people. What I will always remember about War and Peace is that it concretely illustrates the old saying, "You can win the battle, but lose the war."
