“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ——《War and Peace》
Leo Tolstoy is one of many great men who give the great contribution to the development of Russian literature. Some of his works are “Anna Karenina”, “War and Peace”, “The Kingdom of God is Within You”, “Kreutzer Sonata”, The Cossacks”, “The Death of Ivan Ilych”, and so on. War and Peace he wrote is one of the largest and most popular novels in the world literature.
In War and Peace, Tolstoy expounds his thoughts on everything from love, morality and leadership, to death, faith and reason. it contains the philosophy of one of the greatest minds of the 19th century.The book also criticizes the superficial upper class of Russia by exhibiting the virtues of the common, lowly foot soldiers of the brave Russian infantry contrasting with the opulent aristocratic families,
It describes, with great accuracy and detail both historically and descriptively, Napoleon’s charge towards Moscow, and the effect it has upon a number of families back in Russia. There are a vast amount of characters in this novel, ranging from the historical figures Napoleon and Tsar Alexander to a fictional character that Tolstoy modeled on himself.The primary forces of the novel are not the individuals Napoleon and Kutuzov, but rather the aggregated effect of human beings as a whole.
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