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War And Peace

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War And Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Orlando Figes, Anthony Briggs - translator
Narrated by: Sam Woolf, Michael Fox, Olivia Darnley, Terence Wilton, Chloe Pirrie
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This Penguin Classic is performed by Chloe Pirrie, Sam Woolf, Michael Fox, Olivia Darnley and Terence Wilton.

At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants, to soldiers and Napoleon himself. In War and Peace (1868-9), Tolstoy entwines grand themes - conflict and love, birth and death, free will and fate - with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to create a magnificent epic of human life in all its imperfection and grandeur.

Translator Copyright © Anthony Briggs 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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Even better to do half reading and half listening on here I’d say. Highly recommend this one.

It’s an achievement to read this one!

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loved it. a glorious mix of genres; novel, history and philosophical treatise. must have been huge influence on Marx and Engles

epic and unexpected

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As the title says, great until the narrator changed, not sure why anyone would think that was a good idea.

I was enjoying it

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I wish I could give it 6 stars- the only book I've ever decided to listen to again immediately after finishing.

a legendary classic, unsurprisingly

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A gripping tale. Others have written so much about it that you can look at if you like. I was daunted by the work and bought a few guides on characters but I didn’t need to look at them, Even when a character is given their formal name or title rather than first name it is easy to follow because characters behave as themselves and there are references to earlier events. 19th century philosophy in the epilogue was a bit hard going but I wasn’t going to stop. Enjoy.

It is a tale of all aspects of human experience, love, life and death

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