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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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"We're not talking about Playboy magazine, you know, we're talking about Anna Karenina and War and Peace," Ms Hayes said.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

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

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

You have to remember, since we’d been in each other’s company constantly since arriving at the Cottages, it wasn’t possible for any of us to have read War and Peace without the rest noticing.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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