The production was ok, but why switch from male to female narrators escapes me. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. They are a closely knit, loving family who live for the moment regardless of their financial situation. To help you read War and Peace, you can also check my guide to getting started with the book (and actually finishing it). Buy, Mar 14, 2017 Do I have to commit for any period of time? The biggest, most epic tale ever assembled. The Penguin paperback edition of War & Peace is a quality edition. Jim Barclay, By: Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants, to soldiers and Napoleon himself. War and Peace begins at a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, where conversations are dominated by the prospect of war . Complete your collection or shop for a gift, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Get this audiobook free then 1 credit each month, good for any title you like - yours to keep, even if you cancel, Listen all you want to the Plus Cataloguea selection of thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts, including exclusive series, Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company, By completing your purchase, you agree to Audibles. Instead, he regarded Anna Karenina as his first true novel. Simon Russell Beale, Amanda Redman, Emily Mortimer, and others, By: Dostoyevsky's dark masterwork evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyone's faith in humanity is tested. The last narrator, the epilogue was rather shouty, heart my ears, made the writting rather preachy and arrogant, maybe it was anyway, but the reader made it unlistenable. There are no commitments. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The actual book is just to heavy for me to hold. Allow yourself to get lost in the lives of three Russian aristocratic families, whose triumphs and challenges are every bit as resonant to todays listener as they were to original readers. All members can listen all they want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, originals, and more in the Plus Catalog. The production was ok, but why switch from male to female narrators escapes me. One of the most important and influential Russian writers of the 19th century, Fyodor Dostoevsky is admired worldwide for his great realist novels, exploring questions of morality, philosophy and the nature of existence. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience and by the relentless investigations of the dogged Policeman, Javert.