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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude - translator, Aylmer Maude - translator
Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
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Tolstoy’s epic novel of love and war, in an unabridged performance by Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning actress Thandiwe Newton.

Some call it the greatest novel ever written. Whether it’s your first time, or you’re ready to dive back in, what better way to experience this epic novel than in this exquisite unabridged reading by Thandiwe Newton?

War and Peace is at once an epic war chronicle and an exploration of everything that make us all human: love and hate, ambition and despair, life and death. Allow yourself to get lost in the lives of three Russian aristocratic families, whose triumphs and challenges are every bit as resonant to today’s listener as they were to original readers. Thandiwe Newton inhabits each character with such flair that it is easy to forget that you are listening to one voice.

So cancel all plans, sit back, and let Thandiwe transport you to 19th-century Saint Petersburg....

Public Domain (P)2021 Audible, Ltd Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction War & Military War Military Inspiring Russia
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The narration is overly dramatic and makes it very difficult to listen to and enjoy the audiobook

Poor narration

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A brilliant performance of a must read book. The description of that amazing arc of Russian history brings it to life.

Loved all 60 hours.

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Story was riveting. Could have done without the long side ramblings about how the historians are all wrong, but if you get through those there is an amazing tale amongst them.

Brilliant story interspersed with essay on historians

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Having attempted to physically read War & Peace on three occasions Thandiwe Newton made listening to this extremely long novel, a breeze. She constantly kept me interested with her tone, character voices, and speed even in the dullest of chapters and epilogue. I will be searching her out as a narrator from now on and am thrilled that she finally got me through a novel I had long-wanted to read.

Fabulous narrator

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It took me about 25hrs before I could accept the narration. Overly dramatic, somewhat obnoxious at times, and the accents were horrendous. the narration of the story elements was absolutely fine, but the character voices were difficult. I won't comment on the actual book itself, if you're reading this you already know War and Peace is amongst the best.

a classic, but not very well performed

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