War and Peace (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- First Published: 1886
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1805-1813
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Pregnancy, War, Death or dying, Illegitimacy, Ambition, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Military life or service, Gossip, Russia or Russian people, Napoleonic Wars
- Locales: Moscow, Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia
Places Discussed
*St. Petersburg. Capital of Imperial Russia amid whose high society Tolstoy introduces his novel’s major players through the mechanism of a formal party. In many ways Tolstoy portrays St. Petersburg as an empty place, of people who only pretend to live—a view in line with a long tradition in Russian literature that St. Petersburg is an unnatural city in which reality is at best tenuous. Even while central Russia is being invaded by Napoleon’s French army and Moscow is endangered, rounds of parties and social activities continue unabated in St. Petersburg,...
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