GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -War and Peace, historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, originally published as Voyna i mir in 1865–69.

Detailed explanation-2: -He wrote War and Peace between 1863 and 1868, and intended, at first, to write a domestic chronicle in the manner of Trollope (whom Tolstoy, with a few qualifications, admired). The novel would be set in 1856, and concern an aristocratic revolutionary and his return from exile in Siberia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Russian author Leo Tolstoy is considered a master of realistic fiction and one of the world’s greatest novelists, especially known for Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Oscillating between skepticism and dogmatism, he explored the most diverse approaches to human experience.