War and peace from the awardwinning translators of anna karenina and the brothers karamazov comes this magnificent new translation of tolstoys masterwork. War and peace broadly focuses on napoleons invasion of russia in 1812 and follows three of the. Richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky translation. War and peace vintage classics paperback december 2, 2008. Anna karenina penguin classics leo tolstoy, richard. Their translation of leo tolstoys war and peace was published on 16. War and peace by leo tolstoy, richard pevear, larissa. They both were twice awarded the pen book ofthemonth club translation. War and peace pevearvolokhonsky translation by leo.
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Wendy i agree that aylmer and louise maudes translation is wonderful and the kindle recently spring 2017 had an update which made pulling up the many footnotes including all of the french translations dramatically easier. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading war and peace. Leo tolstoy author, richard pevear translator, larissa volokhonsky. Translated by richard pevear and larissa volokhonskypart three, xvat eight oclock kutuzov rode to pratz at the head of miloradovichs fourth column, the one which was to take the place of the columns of przebyszewski and langeron, which had already gone down. Richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of war and peace, doctor zhivago, and anna karenina, which was an oprah book club pick and millioncopy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to the selected stories of anton chekhov, a collection of thirty of chekhovs best tales from the major periods of his creative life. From the celebrated, awardwinning translators of anna karenina and war and peace. Leo tolstoy graf, richard pevear, larissa volokhonsky, publisher. Larissa volokhonsky, along with her husband richard pevear, has translated works by tolstoy, dostoevsky, chekhov, gogol, bulgakov and pasternak.
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Individually, pevear has also translated into english works from french. My edition translated by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky is about 1,200 pages. Prince andrei bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war. War and peace by leo tolstoy, translated by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky. War and peace tolstoy leo, pevear richard, volokhonsky.
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