War and Peace - The Unabridged Maude Translation
Dec 2012 · e-artnow
4.5star
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This carefully crafted ebook: "War and Peace - The Unabridged Maude Translation” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature. It is considered Tolstoy's finest literary achievement, along with his other major prose work Anna Karenina. This complete english version translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude was originally published in 1922. It includes all 15 books + the first and second epilogue. The Maudes are classical translators of Leo Tolstoy who worked directly with the author and gained his personal endorsement.
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4.5
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Aleksandr anp
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July 26, 2019
Very important. In Russian "voyna ee meer" have two translation options. "War and peace" or "war and the world". In Russian "peace" and "world" are same word "meer" (мир).
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Joshua Fraser
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March 2, 2023
far superior to the Constance Garnett translation. even better the second time through.
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July 30, 2018
Great novel and the translation is clear and practical
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