Tolstoy's War and Peace

[Giampaolo Gandolfo]

Dear friends and colleagues,

    Can anyone help me in finding a good, reliable resume of Tolstoy's War and Peace (preferably divided in books, parts and chapters) of the approximate length of 50-80 pages?
    I need it as a quick background for a course on Tolstoy's ideas, that will touch on several topics, based on the reading of excerpts from different works of his. 
    For the same purpose a list of the characters of the novel, with a few lines on each, would also be very useful. 
A web site or a book in print that I could order would both serve the purpose.
Please reply on or off list. Thank you so much for the attention you will give my request.
            Giampaolo Gandolfo

Gianpaolo Gandolfo   gianpaolo.gandolfo at fastwebnet.it
University of Trieste
Italy

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