"All's fair in love and war" said Francis Edward Smedley. Such could be the summarization of - according to critics - the greatest classic of our time, L.N. Tolstoy's War and Peace. Themes of dedication to one's homeland, war strategies, fate, bravery, rebirth, religion and love are portrayed in the novel as seen both through the eyes of the aristocracy and the peasantry. The theme that carries throughout the entire novel is the coming together of the classes to protect their motherland. ...

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