Anna Karenina: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)The must-have Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest Russian novels ever written Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust and sometimes shocking qualities of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This authoritative edition, which received the PEN Translation Prize and was an Oprah Book Club™ selection, also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... Kitty and Vronsky , Anna and Vronsky , Kitty and Levin . The seven main characters create a dynamic imbalance , with one character always on the outside , moving between couples , uniting or dividing them , and shifting the scene of the ...
... Kitty and Vronsky , Anna and Vronsky , Kitty and Levin . The seven main characters create a dynamic imbalance , with one character always on the outside , moving between couples , uniting or dividing them , and shifting the scene of the ...
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... Kitty in a quite short one , so that her shapely legs in tight - fitting red stockings were in full view ; why they had to stroll along Tverskoy Boulevard accompanied by a footman with a gold cockade on his hat all this and much more ...
... Kitty in a quite short one , so that her shapely legs in tight - fitting red stockings were in full view ; why they had to stroll along Tverskoy Boulevard accompanied by a footman with a gold cockade on his hat all this and much more ...
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... Kitty's become a good skater , hasn't she ? ' When Levin again raced up to Kitty , her face was no longer stern , the look in her eyes was as truthful and gentle as ever , but it seemed to Levin that her gentleness had a special ...
... Kitty's become a good skater , hasn't she ? ' When Levin again raced up to Kitty , her face was no longer stern , the look in her eyes was as truthful and gentle as ever , but it seemed to Levin that her gentleness had a special ...
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... Kitty Shcherbatsky was eighteen years old . She had come out for the first time this season . Her success in society was greater than that of her two older sisters and greater than the old princess had even expected . Not only were all ...
... Kitty Shcherbatsky was eighteen years old . She had come out for the first time this season . Her success in society was greater than that of her two older sisters and greater than the old princess had even expected . Not only were all ...
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... Kitty , danced with her and visited the house , which meant there could be no doubt of the seriousness of his intentions . But , in spite of that , the mother spent the entire winter in terrible worry and agitation . The old princess ...
... Kitty , danced with her and visited the house , which meant there could be no doubt of the seriousness of his intentions . But , in spite of that , the mother spent the entire winter in terrible worry and agitation . The old princess ...
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Alexei Alexandrovich already Anna answer asked began believe better brother brought called carriage coming conversation Countess Darya Alexandrovna dinner doctor Dolly don't door dress especially everything expression eyes face feeling felt gave girl give glad glanced hand happened happy head heard heart horse husband impossible interested it's Kitty knew leave Levin listening live look meaning meeting Moscow mother moved muzhiks never noticed once opened possible prince princess question remembered replied Russian seemed seen Sergei Ivanovich showed side sitting situation smile soul speak standing Stepan Arkadyich steps stood stopped suddenly talk tell there's thing thought told took trying turned understand understood voice Vronsky waiting walked wanted whole wife wish woman young