Publisher's Synopsis
"There is a shelf load of great books whose mere size places them in a special category. These are the heavy hitters; slap some mortar between them and you have a respectable fortress. Of course, size by itself is no indication of greatness, but at the very least it communicates "the commitment the writer shouldered in order to create the work, the commitment [a reader] must make to digest it." Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace is perhaps the most formidable of these books. But the most impressive thing about Tolstoy's magnum opus is that over three hundred and sixty-three chapters and well over half a million words he not only crafts a compelling story, but presents a view of life deeper and more vivid than many authors ever dream of." From Samuel Dickison's Guide. The Worldview Guides from the Canon Classics Literature Series provide an aesthetic and thematic Christian perspective on the most definitive and daunting works of Western Litera
