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.

One of the best books I've ever read / audited!

It's a long book but I always looked forward to continue to listen to the book. I was so engaged as if I were a part of the story and the characters were living here and now...

A great work of historical fiction

Tolstoy's War and Peace is a grand work that lays out in great detail the struggles of the Russian people to overcome the Invasion Napoleon's Army. The personal details of the lives and characters of these struggles are descriptive, informative, and insightful.

Long haul but worth reading a classic

Wow…my first Tolstoy book. The author makes me appreciate the skill set of character building and developing a story based on historical events.
It’s a long haul, but it beat binge watching the garbage these days and the epilogue on free will was refreshing, given we can’t even talk about individuals devoted to faith…without getting cancelled.
Dive in. You will not regret it.

Good

Narrator carried me through this tome , well done, and I mean, the ending was anticlimactic but this is thorough storytelling

Brilliant!! Wonderful mixture of story telling, historical novel, and philosophy

It is a monumental undertaking but I encourage anyone interested in good literature or historical novels to read Tolstoy.

Amazing novel

One should not miss out on reading and enjoying this great work of literature. It can be a long read, but it is so worth the effort.

A Must Read

Leo Tolstoy again delivers a deep and meaningful message about people and their intimate relationships, how war can affect those, and what faith and character can achieve in the worst of situations. Extremely long but well worth it.

A great book!

I am glad I listened to this! It took awhile but it was worth it. There’s definitely more war then peace but the narrator did an amazing job and made it enjoyable to listen to. The story is amazing and the philosophy at the end is wonderful! Tolstoy had an advanced mind and ability to contemplate and communicate life.

A masterpiece which happens to be very pleasant to read

I found the second epilogue mortally booring,
I had and have no patience for Tolstoy's moralizing and philosophizing, on the other hand, I found interesting the comments on the Napoleonic campaign and the mistakes committed by both parts during that and other campaigns.

I found also interesting some onf the pages dedicated to the free masons and their rites.

I couldn't empathize like the author with Prince Andrew, unhappily married to an empty society woman of his own choice.

And I found that Natasha's character, summarely sketched as it seemed to me makes her to resemble a goose.

Finally, I found intensely amusing the way a woman of sixty is not only described as decrepit, but also in a way which makes one think of a nonagenarian and not in good shape.

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.