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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Page 14
... Moscow offices . This post he had obtained through Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin , his sister Anna's husband , who occupied one of the most important positions in the ministry to which the office belonged ; but if Karenin had not ...
... Moscow offices . This post he had obtained through Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin , his sister Anna's husband , who occupied one of the most important positions in the ministry to which the office belonged ; but if Karenin had not ...
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... Moscow from the country , where he did something or other , though Stepan Arkadyich could never understand precisely what , nor did it interest him . Levin always came to Moscow agitated , hurried , a little uneasy , and annoyed at this ...
... Moscow from the country , where he did something or other , though Stepan Arkadyich could never understand precisely what , nor did it interest him . Levin always came to Moscow agitated , hurried , a little uneasy , and annoyed at this ...
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... Moscow at the beginning of that winter and saw the Shcherbatskys , he realized which of the three he had really been destined to fall in love with . Nothing could seem simpler than for him , a man of good stock , rich rather than poor ...
... Moscow at the beginning of that winter and saw the Shcherbatskys , he realized which of the three he had really been destined to fall in love with . Nothing could seem simpler than for him , a man of good stock , rich rather than poor ...
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... Moscow with the firm determination to propose and to marry if he was accepted . Or ... but he could not think what would become of him if he were refused . VII Arriving in Moscow on the morning train , Levin had gone to stay with his ...
... Moscow with the firm determination to propose and to marry if he was accepted . Or ... but he could not think what would become of him if he were refused . VII Arriving in Moscow on the morning train , Levin had gone to stay with his ...
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... Moscow for ? ... Hey , clear away ! ' he called to the Tartar . ' Can't you guess ? ' replied Levin , gazing steadily at Stepan Arkadyich , his eyes lit from within . ' I can , but I can't be the first to speak of it . By that alone you ...
... Moscow for ? ... Hey , clear away ! ' he called to the Tartar . ' Can't you guess ? ' replied Levin , gazing steadily at Stepan Arkadyich , his eyes lit from within . ' I can , but I can't be the first to speak of it . By that alone you ...
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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