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War and Peace

American  

noun

  1. a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy.

War and Peace Cultural  

  1. (1865–1869) A novel by Leo Tolstoy. It recounts the history of several Russian families during the wars against Napoleon Bonaparte. Many consider it the greatest novel ever written.

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Page count-wise, it looks less like "War and Peace" and more like a user manual for a can opener.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024

Just ahead of a quote from the leader of - of all things - the Apollo space programme, Mr Cummings quotes from War and Peace: "Nothing was ready for the war which everybody expected."

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023

Since Wikipedia is more than 20 years old, some of these walls of texts are now lengthier than War and Peace.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2023

By 1967 he was a full professor, and from 1969 to 1978 was chairman of Columbia’s Institute for War and Peace Studies.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

“Why, it was War and Peace, a very large book. I raised it up slowly and then I aimed it carefully and I threw it right at that bear and screamed, ‘Be gone!’

From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

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