War and Peace
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3.8 • 46 Ratings
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Leo Tolstoy's grand masterpiece—a timeless saga of family, love, and loss in Russia surrounding the War of 1812.
“The greatest of all novelists...what else can we call the author of War and Peace?” asked Virginia Woolf rhetorically—and literary luminaries the world over have agreed with her. The saga stands alone in its vast scope and minute detail, its immense diversity and final unity. Set in the years leading up to and culminating in Napoleon’s disastrous Russian invasion, the novel focuses upon an entire society torn by conflict and change. Here is humanity in all its innocence and corruption, wisdom and folly, painful defeats and enduring triumphs. Here is the seemingly effortless artistry of a master capable of portraying with equal power the clash of armies and the solitary anguish of the heart. Here, finally, is a view of history and personal destiny that is perpetually modern.
Complete and Unabridged
Translated by Ann Dunnigan
Includes an Introduction by Pat Conroy
And an Afterword by John Hockenberry
Customer Reviews
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The free version is a different translation. This translation is both more accessible and truer to Tolstoy's original work. How a book is translated is crucial. This is worth buying.
Incredible!
A great edition of a life-changing book!
My only issue is that this edition has a surprising number of typos.
I have been reading this both with the physical copy and on iBooks, and it works great!
No reason to pay
There is a free version of this same title and author