War and Peace (Complete Version, Active TOC)

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Books by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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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.

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.

It is life itself in its eternal movement. Read more Read less.

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Read reviews that mention war and peace ever written anna karenina pevear and volokhonsky leo tolstoy napoleonic wars read this book years ago constance garnett prince andrei well worth even though invasion of russia novel ever kindle version maude translation must read ever read main characters garnett translation. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. It is highly readable. Translating texts is always difficult, because you want to retain the feel of reading a Nineteenth century work but use language that makes the work accessible. This edition is a relative breeze to read.

It has French translations. When reading the Signet edition, I found myself using google translate to understand sentences or phrases left in the book in French. Other editions translated most of the French but left phrases here and there untranslated and in the text, without footnotes.

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I understand in the original, Tolstoy wrote entire passages in French but provided translations in the foot notes. This edition follows that pattern. There are entire passages in French, but they are translated in the footnotes on the page. It has historical end-notes and an index. I am not unfamiliar with European and Russian history, but I, like most people, have no more knowledge than what I learned in my freshman world history class.

This work has end notes in the text to provide context. Though it slows me down, I find myself flipping to the back of the book and reading every end note when the text provides it. I cannot stress enough how helpful this has been. The index is likewise helpful. It is an alphabetical list and short biography of the historical characters and places mentioned in War and Peace. It includes a short chapter summary. At the very end of the book, there is a chapter summary for a collection of chapters sharing a theme or describing the same event.

The summary is no more than a sentence long and provides a nice refresher when you are trying to recall what happened when. Compared to editions that translate all the French, reading in the footnotes can be burdensome. I personally don't mind, but I can see how that might trip some people up. If you are looking for a copy of War and Peace, this is the one to get. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. The two stars are not about the book but Amazon's mislabeling of the translation. I have the paperback version of the Anthony Briggs translation and it matches up perfectly with this kindle edition.

I really wish Amazon would do a better job of labeling who translates their Kindle editions, different translations can make all the difference in your enjoyment of the book. They link information in the descriptions that are They link information in the descriptions that are for one book but then when you download it is for a different book! Especially for classic foreign language books the translation version is critical.

This book should be on every literary bucket list. It is unlikely that anyone who has the endurance to finish this book would give it a poor review. That would still be true, however, if it were one-third the length. It is, if not the best novel ever written, certainly on a very short list of great works of literature. The beauty of the prose, for me, is the fact that Tolstoy speaks through subtlety.

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His powers of description are beyond comparison, and in fact there is relatively little dialogue given the length of the book. But the focus of his descriptive powers is not the scenery or the landscape, as is often the case, but the gesture, the look on the face, the social context of the event. This is a subtlety that is lost in our dialogue-heavy, action-packed world today, and is almost foreign to most contemporary authors.

Which, in part, also explains why War and Peace seems inapproachable to many contemporary readers. Link to this Wiki. Want more deals like this? Create a deal alert for eBooks. I got it free. Did you know the original title was going to be, "War, What is it Good For? I just told my publisher that story and it did NOT go over well. This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users.

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