Today is march 04, 2022. Russia just attacked Ukraine. I had this book further down my reading list but I can’t think of a better time for it. So here we go! Say NO to war. We want peace!
1869 War and Peace (pre-reform Russian: Война́ и миръ; post-reform Russian: Война́ и мир, translit. Voyná i mir [vɐjˈna i ˈmʲir]) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, which is regarded as a central work of world literature and one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements.[1][2][3]
I don't think so either hon. You're just a wee bit too young for this book. I was in 7th grade and managed to get through it but even that was a little too young.
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It's virtually impossible to explain. There are hundreds of characters and a dozen plots and subplots. I would listen to it online and read an synopsis of each chapter. The Russians all have three names and half of them are called Sasha,
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It really do be catching me off guard when a character redoing entirely in French, ngl. Besides that, this pretty good. Like how do the readers of this version understand that mess🤔🤔✨? Also the lectora has such a nice voice, it threw me into unconsciousness multiple times. Let me just say, my dreams were great😏👍🏽
Everyone here is a descendant of that mess then. Are we pulling ourselves together or are we doomed? That is the 🙋♀️. Can we live in ☮️ with ourselves or No? Who gains from this fragmentation of the human race. Nobody really because as time passes, we raise one, that wants to do one better.
I got through 17 mins and 54 seconds. Thats as far as I could get. I'm 100% confident that this, like Crime and Punishment, is about to go on for another 9 hours without a single thing happening. Zero plot. Everything is descriptions and dialogue that goes nowhere. I'm not sure why this is... Maybe because back then, the mass production of books was brand new? So literally anything written down somewhere counted as excellent literature? Whats even more baffling is how this nonsense is counted as "classic literature" and is held in such high esteem. The youtube comment you're reading right now will carry more emotional weight and contention than the next 5 hours of this book.
You just don’t understand it, I guess. You have to know russian history to fully understand and appreciate the author’s work. I’m russian and obviously I read the book in russian. It’s full of philosophy, reflections and thoughts. This novel raises almost every problem that we have in our lifes, makes us to think more about who we are and what life is. It’s about family, love, dreams, kindness, friendship, betrayal, forgiveness, life and death…and etc… The author follows the events that were taking place in Russia and Europe. Using the example of individuals and entire families, he shows how their fates are intertwined with the fate of Russia. He tells us what the Russian people are capable of during the war. To make everything look authentic, Tolstoy studied archives and diaries. He even visited the Borodino field to feel the greatness of the feat of the Russian people, to imagine himself in the place of soldiers. The author is invisibly present throughout the whole novel. He makes philosophical, lyrical, historical digressions in order for the reader to delve as deeply as possible into the essence of what is happening. He gives an assessment of battles, characterizes historical figures and military leaders. Tolstoy in the novel emphasizes that the outcome of any battle depends not only on the wisdom and combat experience of the commanders, but also on the cohesion and coherence of the actions of ordinary soldiers, partisans. When the whole Russian people rise up to fight, then the enemy has no chance of success. Kindness in the novel is represented in the characters beloved by the author: Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostova and her whole family, Princess Mary. Obvious cruelty is represented in such characters as the duke Nikolas, Anatole and Helen Kuragins and the whole Kuragin family. Through the difference in the behavior of positive and negative characters, Tolstoy shows that kindness leads to positive results, while rigidity is the destruction of personality, an expression of cowardice and weakness. One of the clearest examples of the contrast of kindness and cruelty the reader can observe in the Bolkonsky family. The Duke Nicholas does not allow acts of kindness. For him, it's an expression of weakness. All the time he humiliates his daughter Mary, blames her for everything. Mary, in turn, is a kind and sympathetic person. For her, kindness is a way of life. Even when faced with danger, with a small child in her arms, she remains kind, does not abandon her father, who did not let her live in peace. But the duke, with his complete rejection of kindness, turns out to be weak in the face of danger. There are so many to talk and think about in this novel that’s why its great piece of art and called classic. If you don’t understand it, it doesn’t really mean that it “goes nowhere”…. Of course if you want action you should read something more simple…. but there’s actual war and isn’t it enough plot? Huh? Anyway, some quotes from the novel that I like: “Every soldier felt pleased at heart, knowing that many, many more Russian soldiers were going where he was going, that is, no one knew where.” “Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals.” “If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” "It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more so than in what they consider right and wrong." “What Kutuzov said came not from clever considerations, but from the feeling that was in the soul of the commander in chief, just as it was in the soul of every Russian man." “Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy."
If you say the same about “Crime and Punishment” it really means you didn’t understand a word….. To read Dostoevsky and say “there’s nothing happening the whole book” is like judging math textbooks for being ‘useless’ just because you don’t like math…
There is another audio version of this book which is read by a man. Much, much better read then this. Pleasure to listen, while this one makes one angry. The book it self is really worth to read or to listening to.
siubidua year but this one isn't choker blocked with ads have you seen the red bar it's practically yellow all tho I have to admit it is an awesome voice but this one is good as well
Best read it yourself. These audioreaders have no style. You need to read like an actor to make it work. This reader is mundane with a dull American twang. It has no life.
This book was ahead of it's time. Gossip Girl books do not have the layers, world building and philosophy that war and peace has. It also speaks of the immorality of war, the condescension and wickedness of the aristocracy. And how all the money and power and romance of the aristocracy is contingent upon the suffering and enslavement of the serfs. This book ask many philosophical questions. What do the rich owe the poor? Tolstoy does talk about the social lives of the Russian aristocracy, because it's an important part of their lives. Especially, for the aristocratic women. The most important times in a aristocratic female's life was "coming out" (presented to society), getting engaged and then getting married. The politics of a woman or a man finding the perfect wife or husband is just as important as the politics of war. This book was published in 1869 and it touched on a lot of taboo topics; it had a female being unfaithful to her husband with many men, abortion, prostitutes, depression, suicide and incest. The consequences of a carefree debaucherous idle life. The book also speaks of redemption, self sacrifice, forgiveness and finding peace in your own heart and mind.
Thank you thank you thank you! I read this forty years ago. I have a new copy but my eyes can't do it anymore.
That's so heartwarming!
You're most welcome, FAB!
Rrr
May God bless you!
THANK YOU! FINALLY I FOUND IT WITHOUT ANY SOUNDTRACK
Part 1 - Chapter 2 - 14:12
Part 1 - Chapter 3 - 23:10
Part 1 - Chapter 4 - 36:56
Part 1 - Chapter 5 - 56:04
Part 1 - Chapter 6 - 1:05:30
Part 1 - Chapter 7 - 1:21:54
Could you please put the links to the other chapters too?
What happened to chapter 14 grr
I think this is a very well read story. Thank you.
I love everything that's read by MaryAnn S. Thank you!
I really like this narrator ❤
You did War and Peace too??! I LOVE YOU! I was so sad when Anna Karenina was over. MaryAnn for the win!
EXCELLENT !!!
Thank you very much for reading the great book for us. 🌹👏👍😊
Merci Beucuo
This really makes that time period suddenly seem much more recent... like seeing a familiar old black and white photo in color.
Love that description and comparison 😊
Listening wile I'm "reading " for 30 minutes like the book so far.
I'm doing the same
could I have a link that I can buy the book?
Today is march 04, 2022. Russia just attacked Ukraine. I had this book further down my reading list but I can’t think of a better time for it. So here we go!
Say NO to war. We want peace!
То есть война Украины против своего народа 2014-2022 вам не особо мешала?
@@ДушныйЩет Им ничего не мешает, у них всегда Россия плохая.
1869
War and Peace (pre-reform Russian: Война́ и миръ; post-reform Russian: Война́ и мир, translit. Voyná i mir [vɐjˈna i ˈmʲir]) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, which is regarded as a central work of world literature and one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements.[1][2][3]
'speciyalna operacniya а mir'
there, I fixed it for you
спеціально операція а мір is maybe better, I obviously can't write any Russian or Українська.
thanks for uploading this..
One cannot help but wonder if War and Peace was to be as successful as it is have it been published by its original title: "War. What is it good for?"
Absolutely Nothing. That's funny!
@@mosart7025 say it again
Oh Jerry ❤
I'd listen to her reading the news paper ❤thanks
Thank you. Pronunciation: Viscount= Vi Count. Or French: Vi-compt. This is the proper pronunciation. Thanks.
Superb. Thank you
I have never had the opportunity to read this book
Do it if you can find time. Yes, it's long, but also very rewarding and satisfying.
Part 2?
goodness I stupidly chose thing book for my 9th grade honors English reading project and I now know I am about to fail this class :)
Not even capping, same
Why?
So... did you pass or fail?
😂
A beautiful voice, the narrator. Better even than the hard-to-compete-with British accented Elizabeth Klett.
The only problem with Elizabeth Klett is she reads much too fast.
Was hoping there were time stamps 😔
I'm in 5th grade. I don't think im supposed too be listening too this and understanding it
I don't think so either hon. You're just a wee bit too young for this book. I was in 7th grade and managed to get through it but even that was a little too young.
viscount, the 's' is silent. just saying
thank you. and marking chapter 14
This is excellent,, however, I do not speak French, just English :-(. I guess I need to somehow translate those parts so I can follow?
Any ideas?
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Is the full audiobook here? I see part 1,2 & 3
Yes nice
Generally correct emphasis isn’t Anna PavlAvna. She is Anna PAvlovna
Special military operation and peace.
SMP and support for hohols
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How many volumes are there?
Fun fact: this was Charles Schulz a.k.a creator of the peanuts gang is favorite book
For real?!!!
Hi can I know what book 📚 are you reading 📖? I want to get it on amazon while listening 👂 to your audio. Thank you 😊
It is War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
1:35:38 what is blanks?
If you still need the answer: "we are going to ***" - any last name)
Does this have part 2 of the first volume?
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REAL MASTERPIECE RANKO PLAVEC
Some1 tell me what retocide is. Idk how to spell it. I'm 50 min into it and I noticed it recently.
regicide is the killing of a king
3:40 Don't judge me!
Judged.
What is this book about?
Napoleon in Russia
+Nautius Maximus that's it?
its about war and peace
It's virtually impossible to explain. There are hundreds of characters and a dozen plots and subplots. I would listen to it online and read an synopsis of each chapter. The Russians all have three names and half of them are called Sasha,
Nautius Maximus how do you retain all the information and make sense of it?
Nice.
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viscount is mispronounced in this. should be VAI KOWNT with long I and s is silent.
I can't help thinking of those English biscuits.
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Bookmark: chapter 8
Please subtitles for the deaf
52:54 bookmark o/
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Please subtitles for the deaf.
The deaf ought to read
It's an audio book lmao, if you want subtitles just get the actual book. If you were joking that's actually a pretty funny joke
this wouldve been a great narration if the french pronunciations weren't so off. thanks anyhow
Rather have a male actor's voice
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It really do be catching me off guard when a character redoing entirely in French, ngl. Besides that, this pretty good.
Like how do the readers of this version understand that mess🤔🤔✨?
Also the lectora has such a nice voice, it threw me into unconsciousness multiple times. Let me just say, my dreams were great😏👍🏽
Everyone here is a descendant of that mess then. Are we pulling ourselves together or are we doomed? That is the 🙋♀️. Can we live in ☮️ with ourselves or No? Who gains from this fragmentation of the human race. Nobody really because as time passes, we raise one, that wants to do one better.
The original has French phrases. At that time, French was the language de rigueur among the aristocratic Russians.
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She just butchered the french parts...
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I got through 17 mins and 54 seconds. Thats as far as I could get. I'm 100% confident that this, like Crime and Punishment, is about to go on for another 9 hours without a single thing happening. Zero plot. Everything is descriptions and dialogue that goes nowhere.
I'm not sure why this is... Maybe because back then, the mass production of books was brand new? So literally anything written down somewhere counted as excellent literature?
Whats even more baffling is how this nonsense is counted as "classic literature" and is held in such high esteem. The youtube comment you're reading right now will carry more emotional weight and contention than the next 5 hours of this book.
If there is a life after this one, I'm sure Tolstoy would be very happy to address your sensibilities.
You just don’t understand it, I guess. You have to know russian history to fully understand and appreciate the author’s work. I’m russian and obviously I read the book in russian. It’s full of philosophy, reflections and thoughts. This novel raises almost every problem that we have in our lifes, makes us to think more about who we are and what life is. It’s about family, love, dreams, kindness, friendship, betrayal, forgiveness, life and death…and etc… The author follows the events that were taking place in Russia and Europe. Using the example of individuals and entire families, he shows how their fates are intertwined with the fate of Russia. He tells us what the Russian people are capable of during the war. To make everything look authentic, Tolstoy studied archives and diaries. He even visited the Borodino field to feel the greatness of the feat of the Russian people, to imagine himself in the place of soldiers. The author is invisibly present throughout the whole novel. He makes philosophical, lyrical, historical digressions in order for the reader to delve as deeply as possible into the essence of what is happening. He gives an assessment of battles, characterizes historical figures and military leaders. Tolstoy in the novel emphasizes that the outcome of any battle depends not only on the wisdom and combat experience of the commanders, but also on the cohesion and coherence of the actions of ordinary soldiers, partisans. When the whole Russian people rise up to fight, then the enemy has no chance of success. Kindness in the novel is represented in the characters beloved by the author: Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostova and her whole family, Princess Mary. Obvious cruelty is represented in such characters as the duke Nikolas, Anatole and Helen Kuragins and the whole Kuragin family. Through the difference in the behavior of positive and negative characters, Tolstoy shows that kindness leads to positive results, while rigidity is the destruction of personality, an expression of cowardice and weakness. One of the clearest examples of the contrast of kindness and cruelty the reader can observe in the Bolkonsky family. The Duke Nicholas does not allow acts of kindness. For him, it's an expression of weakness. All the time he humiliates his daughter Mary, blames her for everything. Mary, in turn, is a kind and sympathetic person. For her, kindness is a way of life. Even when faced with danger, with a small child in her arms, she remains kind, does not abandon her father, who did not let her live in peace. But the duke, with his complete rejection of kindness, turns out to be weak in the face of danger. There are so many to talk and think about in this novel that’s why its great piece of art and called classic. If you don’t understand it, it doesn’t really mean that it “goes nowhere”…. Of course if you want action you should read something more simple…. but there’s actual war and isn’t it enough plot? Huh?
Anyway, some quotes from the novel that I like:
“Every soldier felt pleased at heart, knowing that many, many more Russian soldiers were going where he was going, that is, no one knew where.”
“Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals.”
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.”
"It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more so than in what they consider right and wrong."
“What Kutuzov said came not from clever considerations, but from the feeling that was in the soul of the commander in chief, just as it was in the soul of every Russian man."
“Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy."
If you say the same about “Crime and Punishment” it really means you didn’t understand a word….. To read Dostoevsky and say “there’s nothing happening the whole book” is like judging math textbooks for being ‘useless’ just because you don’t like math…
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I dont think I will ever get through this book, this is very dry.
There is another audio version of this book which is read by a man. Much, much better read then this. Pleasure to listen, while this one makes one angry. The book it self is really worth to read or to listening to.
siubidua year but this one isn't choker blocked with ads have you seen the red bar it's practically yellow all tho I have to admit it is an awesome voice but this one is good as well
Best read it yourself. These audioreaders have no style. You need to read like an actor to make it work. This reader is mundane with a dull American twang. It has no life.
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bkmk-- 5 03
omg so boring reading
Improper English. It would be Such boring reading, tho in this case you're listening. However, it's not at all a boring book.
请问你是中国人吗？好像有点国人口音
i hate this book
How can people say this is a "must read book" its dry, not very organized and written in the form of a teenage gossip girl.
This book was ahead of it's time. Gossip Girl books do not have the layers, world building and philosophy that war and peace has. It also speaks of the immorality of war, the condescension and wickedness of the aristocracy. And how all the money and power and romance of the aristocracy is contingent upon the suffering and enslavement of the serfs. This book ask many philosophical questions. What do the rich owe the poor? Tolstoy does talk about the social lives of the Russian aristocracy, because it's an important part of their lives. Especially, for the aristocratic women. The most important times in a aristocratic female's life was "coming out" (presented to society), getting engaged and then getting married. The politics of a woman or a man finding the perfect wife or husband is just as important as the politics of war. This book was published in 1869 and it touched on a lot of taboo topics; it had a female being unfaithful to her husband with many men, abortion, prostitutes, depression, suicide and incest. The consequences of a carefree debaucherous idle life. The book also speaks of redemption, self sacrifice, forgiveness and finding peace in your own heart and mind.
Totally disagree!
lol. no. war and peace is not written in the form of teenage gossip girl. thats the most ridiculous statement. you need help
Thanh N he is just pissy because it's being read by a woman XD
Said by someone who probably only reads teenage books.
Not good reading. This book should be read by a man.
How is it that lack of a penis disqualifies one from reading a book?
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