The Leo Tolstoy Complete Collection

War and Peace; Anna Karenina; Resurrection; Short Stories; Novellas; and Non-Fiction

De: Leo Tolstoy

Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble, Malk Williams, Emma Gregory

Leo Tolstoy: The Complete Collection includes unabridged recordings of Leo Tolstoy's 3 timeless novels; all his major novellas and short stories; and 4 renowned works of non-fiction in one audiobook, all read by Audie Award-winning narrators

This audiobook is fully indexed. Once downloaded, each book and chapter will be listed so you can easily navigate to the individual section.

War and Peace – Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, of Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, are intimately connected with the national history that is played out in parallel with their lives. Balls and soirées alternate with councils of war and the machinations of statesmen and generals, scenes of violent battles with everyday human passions in a work whose extraordinary imaginative power has never been surpassed. The prodigious cast of characters, both great and small, seem to act and move as if connected by threads of destiny as the novel relentlessly questions ideas of free will, fate, and providence. Yet Tolstoy's portrayal of marital relations and scenes of domesticity is as truthful and poignant as the grand themes that underlie them.

Anna Karenina – The heroine of Tolstoy's epic of love and self-destruction, Anna Karenina has beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son, but feels that her life is empty until she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike, and brings jealousy and bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself.

Resurrection – It tells the story of a nobleman's attempt to redeem the suffering his youthful philandering inflicted on a peasant girl who ends up a prisoner in Siberia. Tolstoy's vision of redemption, achieved through loving forgiveness and his condemnation of violence, dominate the novel. An intimate, psychological tale of guilt, anger, and forgiveness, Resurrection is at the same time a panoramic description of social life in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, reflecting its author's outrage at the social injustices of the world in which he lived.

Novellas and Short Stories

• The Death of Ivan Ilyich
• Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
• Family Happiness
• The Cossacks
• The Kreutzer Sonata
• The Forged Coupon
• Hadji Murat
• Sevastopol Sketches
• The Coffee-House of Surat
• Master and Man
• How Much Land Does a Man Need?
• Alyosha the Pot
• Ivan the Fool

Non-Fiction

• The Kingdom of God Is Within You
• A Confession
• The Inevitable Revolution
• What Is Art?

Public Domain (P)2023 SNR Audio

Excellent narrators for all especially for war and peace and Anna Karenina. Good enunciation, emphasis and no mouth clicker

Great collection. I find myself coming back to the stories from Leo Tolstoy. Sometimes it feels like he’s the only one that understands me…

Great listening!

I enjoyed thoroughly not only the classics of the great writer but also the wonderful readers. Great listening Recommend to all

Well worth the read!

Leo Tolstoy is amazing as always and is worth the read. This compilation does not diminish the maneuverability between books and the narrators are Fine. They do not have much personality but have enough to make the story seem alive. Bravo!

Legendary author, flawless narrations.

I really enjoy Tolstoy's straightforward storytelling. He doesn't try to hide his content with a lot of verbiage. Some of the stories have huge casts of characters, but they become more and more familiar as you read/listen over and over. Although there are some obscure novellas that didn't make the collection, it is by far the largest set I've found and a steal for the price. Considering all the wars still going on in the areas described in these stories, Tolstoy is as relevant today as ever.

Tolstoy search for the meaning of life

Tolstoy search for the meaning of life is a search for moral perfection and acting for the betterment of others. He focuses on universal principles like love thy neighbour and the Golden Rule and the unity of life. The idea of the Kingdom of God is within you is to create a paradise on Earth through nonviolence, turning the other cheek, kindness/, and sisterly and brotherly love. The first will I ever read from Leo Tolstoy was What is art? My favouring passage is:
"Art can …evoke reverence for the dignity of every [person] and for the life of every animal, can make [people] ashamed of luxury, of violence, of revenge, or of using for their pleasure that of which others are in need; can compel people freely, gladly, and without even noticing it, to sacrifice themselves in the service of [others]. The task of art … is to make that feeling of…love of one's neighbour … the customary feeling and the instinct of all [people]." It encapsulates his fiction and nonfiction especially his later work in the last three decades of his life.

I will read and reread his work many times. It’s guided me in Animal Save Movement where we bear witness to the truth of our fellow creatures and Plant Based Treaty where the idea is to promote the worldview that all life is one and “when we try to harm others we really do evil to ourselves.” (Tolstoy, Esarhaddon, King of Assyria)