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Quality
Quality bindings with ribbon page holders and enclosed in a box
He evidently wanted to do all the talking himself and continued to talk with the sort of eloquence and unrestrained irritabilit... Read More
While it is not my place to review the work of leo tolstoy i do want to mention that the quality of the actual books is fabulous
Although the lack of translations can be somewhat annoying i simply must give this set a 5 star review still because the qualit... Read More
Price
Dolokhov is a man of extremes and he is almost impossible to understand
Packaging/appearance
Bought this for myself but its so nice in the packaging that it would make a great gift
Count leo tolstoy 18281810 took five years to write war and peace in the 1860s
Competitiveness
First the set has a highquality look and feel to it noticeable when you first remove the books from the box
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- This product had a total of 467 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 2 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Second it reads more naturally than other translations
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The book is intimidating because of its size and all of the characters
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I could have got a single volume elsewhere on amazon for 10
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Prince andrei bolkonsky is rendered as andrew
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its like nails on a chalkboard
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I will not write a review for war and peace aside from saying its an absolute classic that is a relevant today as i am sure it was upon release
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only caution i can give is the fact there is a lot of french thrown into the text and there is no glossary in the book to translate it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Note the first image i posted is not of this product but the cheaper wordsworth edition which i recommend getting as well to aid you with french translations