War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: Война и миръ; [vɐjˈna i ˈmʲir]) is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature
Pierre is taken prisoner by the French army. He believes he will be executed, but in the end is spared. He witnesses, with horror, the execution of other prisoners. Pierre becomes friends with a fellow prisoner, Platon Karataev, a Russian peasant with a saintly demeanor. In Karataev, Pierre finally finds what he has been seeking: an honest person of integrity, who is utterly without pretense. Pierre discovers meaning in life simply by interacting with him. *** From the moment when Pierre saw this horrible murder performed by people who did not want to do it, it was as if the spring that upheld everything and made it seem alive had been pulled from his soul, and it had all collapsed into a heap of meaningless trash. Though he did not account for it to himself, his faith in the world’s good order, in humanity’s and his own soul, and in God, was destroyed. Pierre had experienced this state before, but never with such force as now. Before, when doubts of this sort had come over Pierre, those doubts had had their source in his own guilt. And deep in his soul, Pierre had felt then that salvation from that despair and those doubts lay in himself. But now he felt that it was not his guilt that caused the world to collapse in front of his eyes and leave only meaningless ruins. He felt that to return to faith in life was not in his power. *** С той минуты, как Пьер увидал это страшное убийство, совершенное людьми, не хотевшими этого делать, в душе его как будто вдруг выдернута была та пружина, на которой все держалось и представлялось живым, и все завалилось в кучу бессмысленного сора. В нем, хотя он и не отдавал себе отчета, уничтожилась вера и в благоустройство мира, и в человеческую, и в свою душу, и в бога. Это состояние было испытываемо Пьером прежде, но никогда с такою силой, как теперь. Прежде, когда на Пьера находили такого рода сомнения, — сомнения эти имели источником собственную вину. И в самой глубине души Пьер тогда чувствовал, что от того отчаяния и тех сомнений было спасение в самом себе. Но теперь он чувствовал, что не его вина была причиной того, что мир завалился в его глазах и остались одни бессмысленные развалины. Он чувствовал, что возвратиться к вере в жизнь — не в его власти. ***
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