War and Peace (AmazonClassics Edition)

By: Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude - translator, Aylmer Maude - translator

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

In early nineteenth-century Russia, the threat of Napoleon’s invasion looms, and the lives of millions are about to be changed forever. This includes Pierre Bezúkhov, illegitimate son of an aristocrat; Andrew Bolkónski, ambitious military scion; and Natásha Rostóva, compassionate daughter of a nobleman. All of them are unprepared for what lies ahead. Alongside their fellow compatriots - a catalog of enduring literary characters - Pierre, Andrew, and Natásha will be irrevocably torn between fate and free will.

Through the bonds of love and family, and all that can break them, Tolstoy examines the effects of war on every strata of society in his masterwork of intimate - and epic - social history.

Revised edition: Previously published as War and Peace, this edition of War and Peace (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Public Domain (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Long Book

This is a long story that is broken up into separate books. Every now and than the writer writes about events and how they came about and the out come. Like explaining the story. the last book is just the author talking about mankind and its thinking and emotions.

Excellent

Edoardo Ballerini makes this 551/2 hours dreamlike. Don’t be discouraged by it’s length. You will see why this book is timeless.

More interesting than I expected

I really enjoyed this book. The narrator did an excellent job because it was easier to listen to all the different names being pronounced which helped me to follow and understand the story better.

Excellent reading

The reader’s voices for the characters fit nicely with the imagination. Overall it was fun to listen to.

Wonderful!

The performance was spectacular. The reader was able to do accents and pronounce French very well. I loved this story and feel accomplished having finished such a long novel. We’ll worth it.