![]() ![]() This has been an interesting experience - and odd too, as both appear to have been translated by the same person, Constance Garnett. The unintended benefit of this has been the ability to compare he translation of this version with the audiobook one. In the few minutes I had to make this last minute purchase I could not find one, so ended up buying separate audio and text versions of War and Peace. ![]() I determined, at the last minute, to take the book with me on a recent skiing holiday, and tried to find a version that had "whispersync", which is Amazon/Audible's name for the narration, voiced by an actor, which is synced to the words of a book. Like, I am sure, countless people who are finally getting around to reading War and Peace now, in the early months of 2016, I have been spurred by watching the BBC production that had just finished. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Continue without accepting’ or ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices or learn more. Third parties use cookies for the purposes of displaying and measuring personalised advertisements, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. ![]() This includes using first- and third-party cookies which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we will also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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