This novel tells the tale, among others, of Pierre, the illegitimate son of a count who inherits his father's title. Pierre marries Elena, Prince Vasily's unscrupulous daughter. Elena and Pierre have an extremely unhappy marr
This novel tells the tale, among others, of Pierre, the illegitimate son of a count who inherits his father's title. Pierre marries Elena, Prince Vasily's unscrupulous daughter. Elena and Pierre have an extremely unhappy marriage of social convenience and Pierre finally finds himself in the army. By novel's end, he has remarried and is close to Prince Andrei's son, who was supposed to be the main character when this book was intended by its author to be about the Decembrists. For 10 points, identify this extremely long novel of Russian life during the Napoleonic Wars, written by Leo Tolstoy.
This novel tells the tale, among others, of Pierre, the illegitimate son of a count who inherits his father's title.
{War and Peace} or {Vojna i mir}