War and Peace Vol. 1 (Dole Translation)

Best Reader!

(5 stars)

Eugene P.

MaryAnn's readings are a gift to this world. I highly recommend her reading of Anna Karenina also.

(5 stars)

Maureen

Really great narration. Timeless tale well told by writer and reader. Great experience all the way through.

great reader

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

The reader does a marvelous job. A joy to listen to

(5 stars)

Fifi C

Thank you for your time and talent MaryAnn.

(4.5 stars)

Mimi

I’ve been trying to read this novel for years but the battle scenes and the horrific detailed descriptions of them always deterred me. But after listening to Mary Ann’s reading of Anna Karenina, I was keen to tackle this Tolstoy behemoth. As in my previous review of her reading, I find her voice calm and soothing, without a jarring accent — as some of the volunteers have — and she reads expressively and with correct punctuation and pauses. I am grateful to her and several of the LibriVox volunteers for their time and dedication, in providing us with excellent work. However, I remain mystified by the mispronunciation of common English words during Mary Ann’s reading! And I won’t even attempt to discuss her efforts to convey French words. After all it cannot be expected of the volunteer readers to also be polyglots

one of my favorite readers

(1 stars)

Ms. Elizabeth

I could not keep up with the flow of thought. Just when a plot was/about to be clarified, then characters began to bemoan about something else. I just don't see what the big deal is about this book. I believe it's only the "name brand" of the author. I will still try the other volumes. Hopefully there's improvement.

(3.5 stars)

Thilina Samarasooriya

Mary Ann's narration was quite good generally. However she, in a rather dyslexic manner, mispronounces a few words repeatedly. For example - each time the word 'cavalry' appears in the text, she invariably says "Calvary"!! There are some more words which she mispronounces always in this volume. That aside, a nice listen altogether. Thanks.

yikes

(3 stars)

Snowed In Again

one of my all time favorite readers who pirouettes effortlessly through all the Russian surnames can't pronounce viscount correctly. Had to stop listening early on coz I was shouting at the stupid tablet. Will drink a bit of wine and try again later when the viz counts are replaced by princes, I hope.