<pre>'If you've never read it, now is the moment. This translation will show that you don't read War and Peace, you live it' The Times

Tolstoy's enthralling epic depicts Russia's war with Napoleon and its effects on the lives of those caught up in the conflict. He creates some of the most vital and involving characters in literature as he follows the rise and fall of families in St Petersburg and Moscow who are linked by their personal and political relationships. His heroes are the thoughtful yet impulsive Pierre Bezukhov, his ambitious friend, Prince Andrei, and the woman who becomes indispensable to both of them, the enchanting Natasha Rostov.

'It is simply the greatest novel ever written. All human life is in it. If I were told there was time to read only a single book, this would be it' Andrew Marr

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War and Peace (Vintage Classic Russians Series)

<pre>'One of the greatest love stories in world literature' Vladimir Nabokov

Anna is a beautiful, intelligent woman whose passionate affair with the dashing Count Vronsky leads her to ruin. But her story is also about a search for meaning, and by twinning it with that of Levin, an awkward idealist whose happy marriage and domestic trials form the backdrop for a similar quest, Tolstoy creates a rich and complex masterpiece that has captured the imagination of readers for decades.

'I've read and re-read this novel and every time I find another layer in the story' Philippa Gregory

TRANSLATED BY LOUISE AND AYLMER MAUDE

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Anna Karenina (Vintage Classic Russians Series)

<pre>A masterpiece - a classic of twentieth-century fiction' New York Times

     Bulgakov paints a powerful picture of Stalin's regime in this allegorical   classic.

     The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various   demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the   asylums are full and the forces of law and order are in disarray. Only the   Master, a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist   the devil's onslaught.
     
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