<Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 1,225 (first published edition) </Td> </Tr> <P> War and Peace (pre-reform Russian: Война и миръ; post-reform Russian: Война и мир, translit . Voyná i mir (vɐjˈna i ˈmjir)) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy . It is regarded as a central work of world literature and one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements . </P> <P> The novel chronicles the history of the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families . Portions of an earlier version, titled The Year 1805, were serialized in The Russian Messenger from 1865 to 1867 . The novel was first published in its entirety in 1869 . </P>

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