War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy began War and Peace in 1862, the same year he married his bride, Sophia, and settled down on his estate, Yasnaya Polyana. He finished a first draft in 1863 and continued writing until 1869, when he started a major rewrite that took three more years to complete. He worked in a small room on a small circular table, writing in a thick, cramped hand incomprehensible to anyone except his wife, who dutifully transcribed his work every night. The novel, one of the most famous in world literature, concerns the lives of members of five families in Russia during the reign of Tsar Alexander when Napolean invaded Russia. Tolstoy did not regard it as a novel, per se, but as a work that encompassed philosophy and historical analysis. Its brilliance lies in Tolstoy’s ability to deal with the imminent as well as the transcendent with equal skill. As with creation itself, the scope can be as broad as the plains of Smolensk or as focused as the slight shiver that touches the upper lip of Bolkonsky’s wife when she is about to cry. The book can be likened to nourishment, in that, perhaps more than any other book extant, it offers the reader a diet of life itself, in all its many phases, hearts, faces and souls. One should be no more put off by its length than one who stands in awe of the ocean’s depth or heaven’s height. (Summary by Michael Hogan)
Product Details
Read by: Multiple readers
Length: 64 hours and 22 minutes
Type: Collaborative reading
Media: 3 MP3 CDs
Package: DVD box
Item No.: DB-1053
EAN: 0683422135125
List Price: $24.99
Credits
Production
Running Time: 64 hours and 22 minutes
Read by: Multiple readers
Book Coordinator: Ranier
Meta Coordinator: Ranier
Proof Listeners: Kehinde (Books II-XII, XV), Buechermaus (Book XIV), TriciaG (Book XVI), Dian Majlinger (Book XVII)
Artwork
Cover: Napoleon in the Battle of Moskowa in 1812. Carle Vernet (1758-1836).
Inset: Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jean-Louis David (1748-1825).
Inset: Tolstoy, the man of Truth. Jan Styka (1858-1925).
Disc 1: Napoleon in the Battle of Moskowa in 1812. Carle Vernet (1758-1836).
Disc 2: The Battle of Borodino, 1822, by Louis Lejeune.
Disc 3: Napoleons retreat from Moscow, by Adolph Northen (1828-1876).
The Recordings
About MP3 Audio
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The Recordings
These recordings were made using the author’s original published work, which is in the public domain. The readings were recorded by members of Librivox.org, which has generously made the recordings available to the public domain. While Librivox condones the sale and distribution of these recordings, it is not associated with the management or operations of MP3 Audiobook Classics. The audio files have been edited and engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience.
Table of Contents
| Volume | Tracks | Length |
| Disc I | ||
| Book 1 | 28 | 5:29:26 |
| Book 2 | 21 | 4:37:05 |
| Book 3 | 19 | 5:00:18 |
| Book 4 | 16 | 3:00:58 |
| Book 5 | 22 | 3:51:38 |
| Total Disc I | 106 | 21:59:28 |
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| Disc II | ||
| Book 6 | 26 | 4:01:36 |
| Book 7 | 13 | 2:37:31 |
| Book 8 | 22 | 3:53:13 |
| Book 9 | 23 | 4:18:17 |
| Book 10 | 39 | 7:25:47 |
| Total Disc II | 123 | 22:16:28 |
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| Disc III | ||
| Book 11 | 34 | 6:04:44 |
| Book 12 | 16 | 2:41:30 |
| Book 13 | 19 | 2:13:51 |
| Book 14 | 19 | 2:08:43 |
| Book 15 | 20 | 2:32:47 |
| Book 16 | 16 | 2:31:11 |
| Book 17 | 12 | 1:53:57 |
| Total Disc III | 136 | 20:06:46 |
| Click here for a PDF listing of tracks, chapters, readers and times for Disc III | ||
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