War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
Prince Andrei has everything. He is a handsome, rich man -- but he isn't happy. He realizes that he's caught up in distractions and trivialities and so he decides to do something with his life. He joins the Russian army to seek greatness on the field of battle, but when he participates in the Battle of Austerlitz, he is gravely wounded. Lying on the battlefield gazing up at the sky, he has an epiphany. The only thing that will make him happy is love. Tolstoy writes, “Divine love cannot change. Nothing, not even death, can shatter it.” Andrei recovers and lives a new life.
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