War and Peace

From the award winning translators of Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov comes this magnificent new translation of Tolstoy s masterwork War and Peacebroadly focuses on Napoleon s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well known characters in literature Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.A s Napoleon s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving and human figures in world literature. Free Read War and Peace [ author ] Leo Tolstoy [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr So, I know you ve all been on edge these past two months, and since I should be studying for the social work licensing exam tonight, it seems like the perfect time to put an end to your suspense.After all my agonizing and the thoughtful suggestions below about whether I should mutilate my gorgeous hardcover Pevear and Volokhonsky translation in the interest of less hazardous subway toting Readers, I carried him All 1272 pages Every day, across five boroughs and three states, for nearly two So, I know you ve all been on edge these past two months, and since I should be studying for the social work licensing exam tonight, it seems like the perfect time to put an end to your suspense.After all my agonizing and the thoughtful suggestions below about whether I should mutilate my gorgeous hardcover Pevear and Volokhonsky translation in the interest of less hazardous subway toting Readers, I carried him All 1272 pages Every day, across five boroughs and three states, for nearly two months.So the burning question on your mind is, Should I risk misalignment and a redislocated shoulder in the interest of preserving a pristine edition that s inevitably going to get all banged up anyway, as I lug it across battlefields and through trenches, for what seems an eternity Which isimportant the book s spin...When I was growing up, the conventional wisdom was that War and Peace was the sine qua non of difficult books the scope, the length, OMG the length Conquering this Everest was The Test of whether you were a Man Reader I have now read it Thump chest and make Tarzan yell Actually, you know chump, big deal The mountain really wasn t so large after all There are love affairs, there is a war, peace eventually returns to the Shire Russia Sorry, got confused there for a minute with Lord of the When I was growing up, the conventional wisdom was that War and Peace was the sine qua non of difficult books the scope, the length, OMG the length Conquering this Everest was The Test of whethe...Before I turned the last page of this massive volume, which had been neglected in my bookshelves forthan six years, War and Peace was a pending task in my mental reading universe knowing it to be one of the greatest Russian or maybe simply one of the greatest novels of all times.Well, in fact, it was something else I have a selective memory, I don t know whether it comes as a blessing or as a curse, that enables me to remember the most insignificant details like for instance, where and wh Before I turned the last page of this massive volume, which had been neglected in my bookshelves forthan six years, War and Peace was a pending task in my mental reading universe knowing it to be one of the greatest Russian or maybe simply one of the greatest novels of all times.Well, in fact, it was something else I have a selective memory, I don t know whether it comes as a blessing or as a curse, that enables me to remember the most insignificant details like for instance, where and when I bought my books, which are often second hand copies When I pull one of them off my shelves it usually comes loaded with recollections of a certain moment of my life that add up to the mute history of their usually worn and yellow pages.So, War and Peace was also a memory This one had to do with an unusual cloudless and shiny afternoon spent in Greenwich Park eating the greatest take away noodles I...Whatever else I am, I am the type of person who reads classic novels out of a sense of obligation Also, I must admit, out of a sense of vanity My ego, after all, is as fragile as a goldfish and requires the constant attention of a newborn baby Every once in awhile, it needs a little boost, and the intellectual challenge of Dostoevsky or Dickens can really work wonders Now, I ve been told that forcing myself to read books I don t necessarily like is a fruitless waste of time and that the rev Whatever else I am, I am the type of person who reads classic novels out of a sense of obligation Also, I must admit, ou...This is one of those books that can be life changing I read this as a teenager and I remember exactly where I was sitting on my bed, in my grandmother s house, in southern Germany when I finished it I must have spent an hour just staring out the window, in awe of the lives I d just led, the experiences I d just had I m now re reading this, enjoying it immensely and no doubt appreciating it muchthan I did the first time Tolstoy has the most a...So I did it I finally convinced myself to read War and Peace, partly because it s just something everyone wants to say they ve done, and partly because one always needs a good excuse to procrastinate during the exam period when I should have been studying And, you know what, I really enjoyed most of it The novel is far less taxing than I imagined, I don t know if that s because the English translation goes easy on us non Russians or because Tolstoy wrote it in a quite light hearted fashion So I did it I finally convinced myself to read War and Peace, partly because it s just something everyone wants to say they ve done, and partly because one always needs a good excuse to procrastinate during the exam period when I should have been studying And, you know what, I really enjoyed most of it The novel is far less taxing than I imagined, I don t know if that s because the English transl...Decemer 2017 update well, look at that this is still my favorite book.Original review Yeah, this is my new all time favorite book I can t even begin to write a review for it without falling apart into an emotional mess or fangirling over every character, so I ll just say that SOMEDAY I will write I skimmed War Peace in early high school but wasn t terribly interested because I felt like I was being told that I had to like it When people shove a classic book at me and start goi Decemer 2017 update well, look at that this is still my favorite book.Original review Yeah, this is my new all time favorite book I can t even begin to write a review for it without falling apart into an emotional mess or fangirling over every character, so I ll just say that SOMEDAY I will write I skimmed War Peace in early high school but wasn t...LoveThat was the one thing I thought was missing from Leo Tolstoy s title,War and Peace I was wrong Love is in the title, you just have to look for it Certainly there is love in peace It is the time of children, serenity, growth The mother peacefully raising her children The farmer lovingly tending his fields The elderly passing their final days in comfort surrounded by family.But there is love in war as well The love for one s country Such is a person s violent attachment to their mo LoveThat was the one thing I thought was missing from Leo Tolstoy s title,War and Peace I was wrong Love is in the title, you just have to look for it Certainly there is love in peace It is the time of children, serenity, growth The mother peacefully raising her children The farmer lovingly tending his fields The elderly passing their final days in comfort surrounded by family.But there is love in war as well The love for one s country Such is a person s violent attachment to their motherland that they will die for it To give up yo...Read as part of The Infinite Variety Reading Challenge, based on the BBC s Big Read Poll of 2003.I read this in tandem with the spectacular BBC adaptation and I will say now that this piece of literature has been heavily influenced by that wonderful piece of televisual art It just has It s the same story, just told a different way I will refrain from telling you to get over it.Now, the book It was written well, very well, in terms of all the stuff that should be done well punctuation, spell Read as part of The Infinite Variety Reading Challenge, based on the BBC s Big Read Poll of 2003.I read this in tandem with the spectacular BBC adaptation and I will say now that this piece of literature has been heavily influenced by that wonderful piece of televisual art It just has It s the same story, just told a different way I will refrain from telling you to get over it.Now, the book It was written well, very well, in terms of all the stuff that should be done well punctuation, spelling, grammar, and all that Th...It is difficult, in reviewing classics, to say things about them that have not been said before It is especially difficult when those classics are part of the literary canon and evendifficult when those classics are not mere novels, but purposeful epics It is in this light that reviewing Leo Tolstoy s War and Peace is a challenge The massive book ranging from 900 to 1,500 pages, depending upon the edition is a cornerstone of anyone s list of all time great literature Strangely, fe It is difficult, in reviewing classics, to say things about them that have not been said before It is especially difficult when those classics are part of the literary canon and evendifficult when those classics are not mere novels, but purposeful epics It is in this light that reviewing Leo Tolstoy s War and Peace is a challenge The massive book ranging from 900 to 1,500 pages, depending upon the edition is a cornerstone of anyone s list of all time great literature Strangely, few have actually read it and few reviewers of new editions dothan assess relative merits of the latest translation.Therefore the one thing the reader ought to know about the new transl...

• English
• 13 June 2017
Leo Tolstoy
• Paperback
• 1392 pages
• 0192833987
• Leo Tolstoy
• War and Peace