War and Peace. In 2 books. Tolstoy L.N.

Roman Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy “War and Peace” is a book for all times. It seems that it has always existed, the text seems so familiar, we barely open the first pages of the novel, many of his episodes are so memorable: hunting and Christmas time, the first ball of Natasha Rostova, the lunar night in Otradny, Prince Andrei in the battle of Austerlitz... Scenes "" peaceful ”, family life are replaced by paintings that are relevant to the course of all world history, but for Tolstoy they are equivalent, connected in a single stream of time. Each episode is important not only for the development of the plot, but also as one of the countless manifestations of life, which is saturated in each of its own moment and that Tolstoy teaches to love.

in this publication a complete set of illustrations for the novel “War and Peace is reproduced "Created by the outstanding Czech artist Stanislav Gudechek (1872–1947).