Tolstoy / Neville War & Peace 2 CD

War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the book as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869. Neville Jason read the abridged version of War and Peace, and proved his marathon powers with his outstanding performance of Proust's Remembrance of Things P.

1. Book 9 (1812): Chapter 1: Rulers and Generals Are Historys Slaves. from the 2. The Actions of Napoleon and Alexander, on Whose Words 3. Chapter 2: Napoleon Crosses the Niemen. on the Twenty-Ninth 4. Vivat! Shouted the Poles, Ecstatically, Breaking Their Rank 5. Chapter 3: Alexander I at Vilna. the Emperor of Russia Had 6. But the Emperor and Balashev Passed Out Into the 7. Chapter 4: Balashevs Mission to Napoleon. at Two in the 8. But Though He Firmly Believed Himself to Be King of Naples 9. Chapter 5: Balashev Is at Last Presented to Napoleon in Vilna Davout Was to Napoleon What Arakcheev Was to 10. Balashev Took Out the Packet Containing the Emperors Letter 11. Chapter 6: Balashevs Interview with Napoleon. Though Balashev 12. Balashev Recovered Himself and Began to Speak 13. The Whole Purporse of His Remarks Now Was Evidently to 14. Balashev Knew How to Reply to Each of Napoleons Remarks 15. Chapter 7: Balashev Dines with Napoleon. After All That 16. Napoleon Was in That Well-Known After-Dinner Mood Which 17. Chapter 8: Prince Andrei on Kutuzovs Staff in Moldavi. He Visits Bald Hills After His Interview with Pierre in 18. During His Stay at Bald Hills All the Family Dined Together 19. As Soon As Prince Andrei Had Given Up His Daily Occupations 20. Chapter 9: Prince Andrei in the Army at Drissa Prince Andrei 21. Besides These Russians and Foreigners Who Propounded New 22. The Eighth and Largest Group, Which in It's Enormous Numbers 23. Chapter 10: Prince Andrei Is Introduced to Pfuel. This Letter 24. Pfuel, Always Inclined to Be Irritably Sarcastic, Was 25. Chapter 11: An Informal Council of War Prince Andreis Eyes 26. Paulucci and Michaud Both Attacked Wolzogen Simultaneously 27. Chapter 12: Nikolai Writes to Sonya. Before the Beginning of 28. The Two Pavlograd Squadrons Were Bivouacking on a Field 29. Chapter 13: Marya Hendrikhovna in the Tavern, Before Which 30. Chapter 14: Rostov Goes Into Action It Was Nearly Three 31. As Soon As the Sun Appeared in a Clear Strip of Sky 32. Chapter 15: Rostovs Hussars Charge the French Dragons Rostov, with His Keen Sportsmans Eye, Was One of the 33. Count Ostermann-Tolstoy Met the Returning Hussars 34. Chapter 16: Natashas Illness on Receiving News of Natashas 35. What Would Sonya and the Count and Countess Have Done 36. Chapter 17: Natasha and Pierre. Natasha Was Calmer 37. Before the End of the Feast of St. Peter, Agrafena Ivanovna Belova 38. Chapter 18: Natasha Attends Mass and Hears the Special Prayer for Victory. at the Beginning of July More and More 39. When They Prayed for the Warriors, She Thought of Her Brother 40. Lord God! Hear Us When We Pray to Thee; Strengthen with 41. Chapter 19: Pierres Feelings for Natasha. Napoleon As Anti-Christ from the Day When Pierre, After Leaving the Rostovs 42. Writing the Words Lempereur Napoleon in Numbers, It Appears 43. Chapter 20: Pierre at the Rostovs. Petya Determined to Join the Army a Few Intimate Friends Were Dining with the 44. Just Then Petya Came Running in from the Drawing Room 45. After Reading About the Dangers That Threatened Russia, the 46. Chapter 21: Petya Goes to the Kremlin to See the Emperor. After the Definite Refusal He Had Received, Petya Went to 47. So This Is What the Emperor Is! Thought Petya 48. Suddenly the Sound of a Firing of Cannon Was Heard 49. Chapter 22: Assembly of Gentry and Merchants at the Sloboda Palace. Two Days Later, on the Fifteenth of July, An 50. Count Rostovs Mouth Watered with Pleasure and He Nudged 51. Another Voice, That of a Nobleman of Medium Height And 52. Chapter 23: The Emperor Calls for the Support of the Gentry. at That Moment Count Rostopchin with His Protruding 53. Book 10 (1812): Chapter 1: Reflections on the Campaign of 1812. Napoleon 54. At the Very Beginning of the War Our Armies Were Divided 55. At Last the Emperor Left the Army, and As the Most Convenient 56. Chapter 2: Prince Nikolai Bolkonskis Inability to Understand the War. the Day After His Son Had Left, Prince Nikolai 57. At Dinner That Day, on Dessalles Mentioning That the French 58. Chapter 3: Prince Nikolai Bolkonski Sends Alpatych to Smolensk. When Michael Ivanovich Returned to the Study with the 59. Chapter 4: The Bombardment of Smolensk Bald Hills, Prince 60. All Night Long Troops Were Moving Past the Inn 61. People Were Anxiously Roaming About the Streets 62. The Cook and a Shop Assistant Came to the Gate 63. As Alpatych Was Driving Out of the Gate He Saw Some Ten 64. Chapter 5: The Retreat. from Smolensk the Troops Continued 65. Prince Andrei Rode Up to the House 66. One Fair-Haired Young Soldier of the Third Company 67. Chapter 6: Anna Pavlovnas and Helenes Rival Salons. Among the Innumerable Categories Applicable to the 68. This Was Quite Correct on the Twenty-Fourth of July 69. Chapter 7: Napoleon Orders An Attack on Moscow While This 70. Finding Himself in the Company of Napoleon, Whose Identity 71. Chapter 8: Prince Nikolai Bolokonski Is Taken Ill. Princess Marya Was Not in Moscow and Out of 72. Strange As It Was to Acknowledge This Feeling in Herself 73. Princess Marya Entered Her Fathers Room and Went Up to His Bed 74. He Closed His Eyes and Remained Silent a Long Time 75. Chapter 9: The Rebellious Mood of the Bogucharovo Peasants. Until Prince Andrei Settled in Bogucharovo It's Owners 76. More Important Still, Alpatych Learnt That on the Morning 77. Now Just Listen, Dronushka, Said He 78. Chapter 10: Princess Marya Makes Up Her Mind to Leave Bogucharovo. After Her Fathers Funeral Princess Marya 79. Mademoiselle Bourienne Took from Her Reticule a Proclamation 80. At Length Dron, the Village Elder, Entered the Room 81. Chapter 11: Princess Marya Addresses the Peasants. An Hour 82. Chapter 12: Princess Marya Remembers Her Father for a Long 83. Chapter 13: Nikolai and Ilyin Ride to Bogucharovo. on the 84. Rostov Looked at the Tipsy Peasants and Smiled 85. Chapter 14: Nikolai Confronts the Peasants. Well, Is She Pretty? 86. Alpatych Turned to the Peasants and Ordered Two of Them By 87. But the Princess, If She Did Not Again Thank Him in Words 88. Chapter 15: Prince Andrei Goes to Headquarters. on Receiving 89. Denisov Rose and Began Gesticulating As He Explained His Plan 90. But at That Moment Denisov, No More Intimidated By His 91. Chapter 16: Well, That's All! Said Kutuzov As He Signed 92. Taking His Hand and Drawing Him Downwards, Kutuzov 93. Chapter 17: Moscow After the Emperors Visit. After the 94. In Julies Set, As in Many Other Circles in Moscow, It Had Been 95. Chapter 18: Rostopchins Broadsheets. Pierre Leaves for the Army. When Pierre Returned Home He Was Handed Two of 96. Next Day Toward Evening the Princess Set Off, and Pierres Head 97. Pierre Choked, His Face Puckered, and He Turned Hastily Away 98. Chapter 19: The Senselessness of the Battle of Borodino. on the 99. Not Only Did the Russians Not Fortify the Position on the Field 100. Chapter 20: Pierre Looks for the Position Occupied By the Army. on the Morning of the Twenty-Fifth Pierre Was Leaving 101. Having Gone Nearly Three Miles He at Last Met An Acquaintance 102. Chapter 21: Pierre Surveys the Scene. Pierre Stepped Out of His 103. The Officer Appeared Abashed, As Though He Understood That 104. Chapter 22: Pierre Meets Old Acquaintances. Staggering Amid 105. An Adjutant Told Pierre of His Serene Highnesss Wish, And 106. Chapter 23: Pierre Rides to the Left Flank with Bennigsen. from Gorki, Bennigsen Descended the Highroad to the 107. Chapter 24: Prince Andreis Reflections on Life and Death. on That Bright Evening of August 25, Prince Andrei Lay 108. He Looked at the Row of Birches Shining in the Sunshine, with 109. Chapter 25: Prince Andreis Opinions on War. the Spirit of the Army. the Officers Were About to Take Leave, But Prince 110. Pierre Looked at Him in Surprise 111. Extend Widely! Said Prince Andrei with An Angry Snort 112. Prince Andrei, Who Had Thought It Was All the Same to Him 113. Chapter 26: Napoleons Proclamation on August 25, the Eve of 114. De Bea