War and Peace, Part 2 (Audiobook)

from dougwood57

So, no joke, I'm going to review War and Peace? Pointless? Presumptuous? Yes, so feel free to get on with reading this Great Work. Of course I highly recommend that you read War and Peace. Even if I thought it did not live up to expectations, so what? Read it and form your own judgment. So, mainl...

from jeff.maynes

This review is of the Maude translation, which is the only version of the work I've read. As such, I am in no position to evaluate how well it captures Tolstoy's voice, but the literary style of the work is a joy to read. War and Peace is simply a magisterial work. In an essay included in an Appe...

from quantum.alex

Believe it or not, I read this back in high school (or was it college) on my own w/o having it assigned. I may have a different take on it if I reread it, but its monumental scope, breadth of characters, and depth of characters make it moving and more than a story--more like a set of true autobio...

from rainpebble

This book is written quite different from his Anna Karenina. The is the story of the French and Russian war as told from the Russian front. At the beginning there are quite of few of the social aspects: the balls, parties, parlor visits, etc, but when it gets into the war, Tolstoy really puts you...

from antao

I was standing at an airport lounge as a teenager many years ago, and suddenly realised I had no books to read for my family holiday. I was a SF geek at the time (still am, but I'm reading other stuff now), but had read everything that W.H. Smiths airport bookshelf could show me. In desperation a...