War and Peace Vol. 2 (Dole Translation)

as always well read by Mary Ann Spiegal

(4 stars)

dahszil

notes Prince Andre's social reforms for his peasants on his estates are thwarted by the overseers' "Potemkin Village" like chicanery. Vol 2 Part 2 Ch 10, audio clip 26 Pierre picks his nose. beginning of audio clip 4. Pierre in a duel. clip 5 Pierre goes through Free Mason [cult] ceremony, clip 20 Pierre, in the luxury of material well being, incorrectly assumes that peasants would be worse off if freed from hard labor. so i guess Pierre's free mason love your fellow man means if a peasant is starving you don't help them but even better you say you love them, "have a nice day" and move on....yeah right. clip 27 Pierre and Andre continue their intellectual masturbation about the metaphysical, this that and the other thing clip 28 clip 32, Denasov hijacks a food supply caravan. gets into heated arguments in his speech impediment voice. Mary Ann does a great job speaking with a "wisp". middle of volume 2: Andre is having a mid life crisis and woos and proposes marriage to a teenager Natasha. Natasha's father is a shallow social climber(but everyone else in this story seem to be born rich. the exception is the intelligent reformer son of a priest Sperensky(sp?) who holds much power in Russia but a decent man, social liberal reformer and takes Andre into his confidence)

good reading and clear, fresh sounding translation

(4 stars)

Unknown

A few pronunciation errors lend charm to this well paced, consistent and ungimmicky reading. War and Peace is perhaps best experienced as an audiobook - bringing us back to the days of fireside reading as a family pastime. W&P is an accessible epic with a startlingly real and relatable cast of characters. Dive in.

Amazing

(5 stars)

free LeonardPeltier

The best anti war literature I've read. Very well read! How long were vol. I and vol. II for one volunteer to read so well! Thank you so much for such a splendid job and all the time it took. I went on to read the rest on gutenberg.org. Highly recommend!

Long Novela

(2 stars)

joelandcharlotteb

I get the epic part of the book. I don't see any deep meaning nor insight. This could be made into a novela without any alterations.

Excellent

(3 stars)

ZeddNWC

The reading is excellent, however there are some pronunciation errors, especially regarding the Russian names that made it difficult for me to focus.

(5 stars)

Bill Filson

beautifully read by Maryanne Spiegel. I hope she can find the time to read for us volumes 3 and 4.

Came to LibriVox just for this.

(5 stars)

Hussyville

Can't wait for volumes 3 and 4 to be completed.

great job!

(5 stars)

Florin Tudor

delightful to listen to this volume, same as the first one.