Andrew D. Kaufman

About The Author

Andrew D. Kaufman, internationally recognized Russian literature scholar at the University of Virginia, is the author of Understanding Tolstoy and coauthor of Russian for Dummies. An award-winning teacher of Russian language, literature, and culture, he is a featured Tolstoy expert on Oprah.com and is frequently invited to discuss Russian literature and culture on national and international television and radio programs.

Books by Andrew D. Kaufman

Give War and Peace a Chance

Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times

By Andrew D. Kaufman

“This lively appreciation of one of the most intimidating and massive novels ever written should persuade many hesitant readers to try scaling the heights of War and Peace sooner rather than later” (Publishers Weekly).

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War and Peace

With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman

By Leo Tolstoy

With Andrew D. Kaufman

War and Peace is considered one of the world’s greatest works of fiction. It is regarded, along with Anna Karenina, as Tolstoy’s finest literary achievement. Epic in scale, War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events leading up to Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleo...