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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude - translator, Aylmer Maude - translator
Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
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Summary

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

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Phenomenal performance by Thandiwe - I could listen forever. I loved the drama, it was a superb narration

Fantastic performance

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It took a few chapters to get used to the various voices employed by the narrator. Though slightly cringe inducing at the start, they were consistent and proved invaluable to keeping track of the many characters. As always with Tolstoy, much time is taken in creating depth and complexity of characters and the context in which they dwell. This makes it so much the more difficult to say goodbye at the end- even after 70+ hours!

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The energy, the accents were fabulous from start to finish in this grand sweeping classic. Fantastic!

Incredible narration

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The reader was AMAZING! The variety of voices and accents was incredible and added much to my enjoyment of the book. Thanks

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