Description: This new reading of Tolstoy's famous multiplot novel examines its links to other multiplot novels including The Scarlet Letter, Middlemarch, and Mrs. Dalloway, as it shows Tolstoy using the novel form to explore questions of faith and love.
Review Quotes: "An invaluable contribution to Tolstoy studies and the theory of the novel." --Elizabeth Cheresh Allen, Bryn Mawr College