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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... glancing inquiringly , with sympathy , at his master , and , after waiting a little , he added with a sly smile : ' Someone came from the owner of the livery stable . ' Stepan Arkadyich said nothing in reply and only glanced at Matvei ...
... glancing inquiringly , with sympathy , at his master , and , after waiting a little , he added with a sly smile : ' Someone came from the owner of the livery stable . ' Stepan Arkadyich said nothing in reply and only glanced at Matvei ...
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... glanced at her gratefully and made a movement to take her hand , but she withdrew from him with loathing . ' I think of the children and so I'll do anything in the world to save them ; but I don't know how I can best save them : by ...
... glanced at her gratefully and made a movement to take her hand , but she withdrew from him with loathing . ' I think of the children and so I'll do anything in the world to save them ; but I don't know how I can best save them : by ...
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... glanced questioningly at Oblonsky . Stepan Arkadyich stood at the top of the stairs . His face , beaming good - naturedly from behind the embroidered uniform collar , beamed still more when he recognized the man who was running up ...
... glanced questioningly at Oblonsky . Stepan Arkadyich stood at the top of the stairs . His face , beaming good - naturedly from behind the embroidered uniform collar , beamed still more when he recognized the man who was running up ...
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... glancing at the unfamiliar faces of Oblonsky's two colleagues and especially at the elegant Grinevich's hands , with such long white fingers , such long yellow nails curving at the tips , and such huge glittering cuff links on his ...
... glancing at the unfamiliar faces of Oblonsky's two colleagues and especially at the elegant Grinevich's hands , with such long white fingers , such long yellow nails curving at the tips , and such huge glittering cuff links on his ...
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... glancing with a noticeable smile of pleasure at Stepan Arkadyich . ' You don't care much for oysters ? ' said Stepan Arkadyich , drinking off his glass . ' Or else you're preoccupied ? Eh ? ' He wanted Levin to be cheerful . Yet it was ...
... glancing with a noticeable smile of pleasure at Stepan Arkadyich . ' You don't care much for oysters ? ' said Stepan Arkadyich , drinking off his glass . ' Or else you're preoccupied ? Eh ? ' He wanted Levin to be cheerful . Yet it was ...
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