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Featured Article: Essential Russian Authors to Know in Audio
Don’t be daunted by the towering reputations of Russia’s literary giants. Listening is the perfect way to appreciate the masters. Russia is a sprawling country with a rich and complex history, which is reflected in its literature. Whether you’re keen on brushing up on classic Russian literature or you want to find a new author to explore, we’ve rounded up 13 of the best Russian authors, classic and contemporary, whose work you should know.
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War and Peace (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude - translator, Aylmer Maude - translator
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 55 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In early nineteenth-century Russia, the threat of Napoleon’s invasion looms, and the lives of millions are about to be changed forever....
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Tremendous narration
- By steve thomas on 08-14-20
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War and Peace (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 55 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-31-20
- Language: English
- Classics · War & Military
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Anna Karenina
- Penguin Classics
- By: Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Miranda Pleasence
- Length: 36 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 107
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Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Happy listeners are all alike
- By Kory Grow on 12-12-20
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Anna Karenina
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Miranda Pleasence
- Length: 36 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 07-30-20
- Language: English
- Classics
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You
- Christianity Not as Mystic Religion But as a New Theory of Life
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Barry J. Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 105
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You is a nonfiction book written by Leo Tolstoy. A philosophical treatise, the book was first published in Germany in 1894 after being banned in his home country of Russia....
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hoooooly crap slow down
- By John on 11-20-18
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You
- Christianity Not as Mystic Religion But as a New Theory of Life
- Narrated by: Barry J. Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-26-18
- Language: English
- Philosophy · Commentaries · Christian Living
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Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 38 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,778
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,365
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Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful story, amazing narration
- By Marcus Vorwaller on 08-02-08
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Anna Karenina
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 38 hrs
- Release date: 02-20-08
- Language: English
- Classics · Literary Fiction · Historical
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Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 35 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,164
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,139
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,073
Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Need to Disclose and Highlight Name of Translator
- By Charles B on 08-27-18
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Anna Karenina
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 35 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-12-16
- Language: English
- Classics · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction
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War and Peace, Volume 1
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,564
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,134
War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Truly Great Book and a Truly Astounding Narrator
- By A Midwesterner in Jersey on 05-18-09
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War and Peace, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 12-31-06
- Language: English
- Classics · Sagas · War & Military
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War and Peace
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 61 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,440
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3,520
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,456
Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Glad I finally decided to read it
- By Plumeria on 09-25-05
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War and Peace
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 61 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-21-05
- Language: English
- Classics · Literary Fiction · Sagas
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A Confession
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 289
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 250
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 251
At this time I began to write, from vanity, greed, and pride. In my writings I did exactly as in life. In order to possess the glory and the wealth for whose sake I wrote, it was necessary to conceal the good, and to display the bad. And so I did....
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Makes you feel a little less alone in the world.
- By Calemos on 09-22-20
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A Confession
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 01-31-11
- Language: English
- Entertainment & Celebrities
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Resurrection
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 403
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 370
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When Prince Dmitri Nekhludov is called for jury duty on a murder case, he little knows how the experience will change his life....
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Same Mood, The Same Power, Resurrected
- By Darwin8u on 11-01-15
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Resurrection
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 11-17-12
- Language: English
- Classics · Literary Fiction
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War and Peace, Volume 2
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 31 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,036
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,708
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,707
War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A long book, but at least the chapters are short
- By Tad Davis on 09-11-08
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War and Peace, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 31 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 12-31-06
- Language: English
- Classics · Sagas · Historical Fiction
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My Religion
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
In My Religion, Leo Tolstoy accuses the church of hiding the true meaning of Jesus, which is to be found in the Sermon on the Mount and the call to resist evil....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why Did We Not Read This In Bible College?
- By JustinBatzUS on 12-09-16
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My Religion
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 05-19-16
- Language: English
- World · Classics · Ministry & Evangelism
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- A Leo Tolstoy Short Story
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Bill DeWees
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 474
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 424
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The brilliance of the story is how a normal bureaucrat, a judge in this case, has a small accident that winds up gradually taking his life....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, Great Price, Good Narration
- By Michael on 03-05-13
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- A Leo Tolstoy Short Story
- Narrated by: Bill DeWees
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-06-11
- Language: English
- Anthologies · Classics · Psychological
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War and Peace (Russian Edition)
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Evgeniy Ternovskiy
- Length: 73 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story5 out of 5 stars 73
War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book changed me.
- By eugene on 03-08-19
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War and Peace (Russian Edition)
- Narrated by: Evgeniy Ternovskiy
- Length: 73 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 11-30-11
- Language: Russian
- Classics
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War and Peace
- By: Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude - translator, Aylmer Maude - translator
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
- Length: 60 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 660
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 614
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War and Peace is at once an epic war chronicle and an exploration of everything that make us all human: love and hate, ambition and despair, life and death....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- By Tad Davis on 11-14-21
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War and Peace
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
- Length: 60 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 11-04-21
- Language: English
- Classics · Literary Fiction · War & Military
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Anna Karenina (Spanish edition)
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Fernando López
- Length: 31 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Ana Karénina, novela del escritor ruso León Tolstói publicada en 1877. La novela es considerada una las oras maestras del Realismo. El...
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4 out of 5 stars
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Un clásico difícil de manejar
- By Gaby Mtz on 07-20-22
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Anna Karenina (Spanish edition)
- Narrated by: Fernando López
- Length: 31 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 06-05-19
- Language: Spanish
- Classics
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Hadji Murat
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Chris Blair
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Hadji Murat is a short novel by Leo Tolstoy which was published posthumously in 1912. It tells the story of Hadji Murat, a separatist guerrilla in the Caucasus who falls out with his own commander and eventually sides with the Russians in the hope of saving his family....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Appallingly bad reading.
- By James on 11-19-20
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Hadji Murat
- Narrated by: Chris Blair
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-19-20
- Language: English
- Classics
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The Cossacks
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: David Thorn
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 140
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4 out of 5 stars 119
The colorful Cossack way of life is made alive and real in this historical novel....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tolstoy masterpiece is wounded by terrible audio
- By Darwin8u on 07-24-13
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The Cossacks
- Narrated by: David Thorn
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 11-29-10
- Language: English
- Classics · Literary Fiction · Psychological
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War and Peace
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Simon Russell Beale, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 95
Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter are among the cast of BBC Radio 4's epic full-cast dramatisation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing
- By linda on 09-22-17
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War and Peace
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Simon Russell Beale, Alun Armstrong, Lesley Manville, Stephen Campbell Moore, Roger Allam
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 04-06-17
- Language: English
- Classics · Drama & Plays · Literary Fiction
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The Death of Ivan Ilych
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Matt Stewart
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Leo Tolstoy's late masterpiece on dying and the unravelling of the values of his middle-class protagonist....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truly engaging
- By Tom Fallon on 05-13-22
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The Death of Ivan Ilych
- Narrated by: Matt Stewart
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 10-02-18
- Language: English
- Classics · Drama & Plays · European
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Childhood, Boyhood and Youth
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Blending fact and fiction, this trilogy by a very young Tolstoy centres on the inner life of Nikolai as he navigates the universal challenge of growing up. In relating his thoughts and feelings, his self-awareness and embarrassing mistakes, the work is timeless....
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Childhood, Boyhood and Youth
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 09-12-22
- Language: English
- Classics · Literary Fiction
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