Authors: Leo Tolstoy, SparkNotes Staff
ISBN-13: 9781586638238, ISBN-10: 1586638238
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Spark Publishing
Date Published: December 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
One of the great masters of the 19th-century novel, Tolstoy created a sweeping epic in War and Peace which folds together huge events in history and politics with the emotional lives of individuals. But it was his deeply spiritual outlook that made him an icon.
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Context | 1 | |
A Note on Russian Names | 3 | |
Plot Overview | 5 | |
Character List | 8 | |
Analysis of Major Characters | 13 | |
Anna Karenina | 13 | |
Konstantin Levin | 14 | |
Alexei Karenin | 15 | |
Alexei Vronsky | 16 | |
Stiva Oblonsky | 17 | |
Themes, Motifs & Symbols | 19 | |
Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Russia | 19 | |
The Blessings of Family Life | 20 | |
The Philosophical Value of Farming | 20 | |
The Interior Monologue | 21 | |
Adultery | 22 | |
Forgiveness | 23 | |
Trains | 24 | |
Vronsky's Racehorse | 25 | |
Levin and Kitty's Marriage | 26 | |
Summary & Analysis | 27 | |
Part 1 | ||
Chapters I-XVII27 | ||
Chapters XVIII-XXXIV30 | ||
Part 2 | ||
Chapters I-XVII33 | ||
Chapters XVIII-XXXIV36 | ||
Part 3 | ||
Chapters I-XVIII39 | ||
Chapters XIX-XXXII42 | ||
Part 4 | ||
Chapters I-XI46 | ||
Chapter XII-XXIII49 | ||
Part 5 | ||
Chapters I-XVI52 | ||
Chapters XVII-XXXIII55 | ||
Part 6 | ||
Chapters I-XVI58 | ||
Chapters XVII-XXXII61 | ||
Part 7 | ||
Chapters I-XVI64 | ||
Chapters XVII-XXXI67 | ||
Part 871 | ||
Important Quotations Explained | 75 | |
Key Facts | 80 | |
Study Questions & Essay Topics | 83 | |
Review & Resources | 87 | |
Quiz | 87 | |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 92 |