It is written for the more patient mindset of the 19th century. It spans decades, characters, and central themes. The mentality of the characters are amazing. I wish they'd show that on netflix!

W&p is perfect for the kindle. This uses the maude translation. The only issues i have found so far are that some of the footnotes have translation issues, have spelling errors, and a few are numbered wrongly.

Tolstoy writes beautiful sentences, especially while describing the battle of borodino. He has at the same time a nuanced description of each character which is tied to the vision of an epic historical sweep. His musings are still thought-provoking an...  Read More

It is not a chore holding a thousand page book when it's an e-book. I suspect that people have been shying away from this book because it's famously long.

Tried to get going but after 3 chapters just could take it anymore. There were typos and formatting problems. Nearly every page of this translation contains obvious and horrifying typographical errors. I'm sure it was accurate, but had little of the t...  Read More