War and Peace, Book 01: 1805
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
Leo Tolstoy
(4,382 Sterne; 373 Bewertungen)
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy's two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world's greatest novels.
War and Peace offered a new kind of fiction, with a great many characters caught up in a plot that covered nothing less than the grand subjects indicated by the title, combined with the equally large topics of youth, age and marriage. While today it is considered a novel, it broke so many novelistic conventions of its day that many critics of Tolstoy's time did not consider it as such. Tolstoy himself considered Anna Karenina (1878) to be his first attempt at a novel in the European sense. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Note: The novel is split in 15 books. This is the recording of book one, which covers the events in the year 1805. (5 hr 31 min)
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Group projects
ListeninginChicago
(0 Sterne)
Goodness. I can't imagine reading War and Peace as a solo project. The general rule of thumb is that it takes 3-4 hours work to produce one hour of recorded audio, depending on the complexity of the voicing and the difficulty of the text you are reading. Without group readings, projects like this would never get off the ground. In my view, it is better to have a group recording with all its faults and foibles than no recording at all.
Epic!
adam
(5 Sterne)
This book is so epic and so worth listening too! It is layered, it is heartfelt, it is beautiful, it is cold and analytic, and it is the most riveting writing about battle that I have read and there are many good books on the topic. As for the people who complain about the readers, I doubt many of them made it past the first book. Once you've listened for a while the readers becomes familiar and I welcomed them like old friends. There were very few that were difficult to listen to and only two or three chapters in the whole 17 book recording that were unlistenable. This is such every rewarding read. I highly recommend it! Many thanks to all the readers for the hours and hours of hard work you put in to make this possible!
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Nullifidian
(0 Sterne)
Many of the novels and other full-length books at LibriVox are read as "group projects", and it is our practice not to refuse anyone who wants to read. Personally, I've found most of the group efforts I've heard to be at least acceptable, if not outstanding (like a group recording of Marcus Aurelius' _Meditations_ that I enjoyed very much). Nevertheless, if you're unhappy with the way this book was recorded, you can either volunteer to re-record it yourself as a solo work, or you can contribute re-recorded versions of chapters that you're unhappy with. At LibriVox, we're very much about "choice of voice". All that's required are a microphone and signing up at the forum. Also note that with newer versions, we try to standardize the volume levels. Older works may occasionally be recorded at low levels, and this is equally a problem for solo recordings (like Carl Manchester's otherwise superb recording of Bakunin's _God and the State_).
war and peace, the entire novel
(3 Sterne)
This is a wonderful collaboration of volunteers that read this book, with the exception of one reader. If someone would re-read her parts it would simply be amazing! If I hadn't had really wanted to finish the book I couldn't have made it. as it is I honestly can't recommend someone listening. one thing you should do before deciding to listen is go find a chapter or two read by Eva and if you can handle it go for it! She does get a little better towards the end. there are some awesome readers involved as well! If you listen I wish you luck!
mrsdrjeff
(5 Sterne)
Wonderful literature! Read well. Love the different accents.
better than audible this version of audio book
Prem C
(5 Sterne)
(5 Sterne)
This book is amazing and great literature.
To ListeninginChicago
masoon88
(4 Sterne)
I was just listening to Atlas Shrugged which is a Librivox recording and a very long book. I think its just 60 pages shy of War and Peace. It was read entirely by Christopher Hurt. Chapters 15 - 17 (War and Peace) are read by a woman with the worst "motherese" baby talk I've ever heard. She refuses to use contractions of any words and exaggerates syllables to the point of self parody. The following reader (chapter 18) is a British woman who sounds like she is on a life support system slurring words as she clings to dear life. I'm disappointed that such a great book is given this treatment while Atlas Shrugged is read coherently (given the insanity of Atlas Shrugged). I'm enjoying War and Peace and of course I am thankful that people have donated their time. As an earlier reviewer noted, I also find it annoying when a reader tries to act too much. Maybe Librivox has a system of grading readers so they receive feedback? I am at chapter 18 in the first book and will most likely listen to the whole book, but I wish there was one reader per book at least or just one reader for the whole work. To further "look the gift horse in the mouth" I wish IA would arrange these books in groups instead of having to go searching for the books one by one. I just bought a condenser mic and will be reading for Librivox soon, if they accept me. I think its a wonderful group and have enjoyed what I have listened to so far.