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 xi
... never sent , he spoke even more optimistically about finishing the book quickly . The letter is interesting for its description of what started him writing . For more than a year he had been gathering materials - ' invoking the spirits ...
... never sent , he spoke even more optimistically about finishing the book quickly . The letter is interesting for its description of what started him writing . For more than a year he had been gathering materials - ' invoking the spirits ...
Page 14
... , which , owing to his natural kindness , he never did anyway . It would have seemed laughable to him if he had been told that he would not get a post with the salary he needed , the more so as he did not 14 ANNA KARENINA.
... , which , owing to his natural kindness , he never did anyway . It would have seemed laughable to him if he had been told that he would not get a post with the salary he needed , the more so as he did not 14 ANNA KARENINA.
Page 15
... never got carried away and never made mistakes . Arriving at his place of work , Stepan Arkadyich , accompanied by the respectful doorman , went with a portfolio into his small private office , put on his uniform , and entered the main ...
... never got carried away and never made mistakes . Arriving at his place of work , Stepan Arkadyich , accompanied by the respectful doorman , went with a portfolio into his small private office , put on his uniform , and entered the main ...
Page 41
... never seen and never will see any lovely fallen creatures , 22 and ones like that painted Frenchwoman at the counter , with all those ringlets they're vermin for me , and all the fallen ones are the same . " ' And the one in the Gospels ...
... never seen and never will see any lovely fallen creatures , 22 and ones like that painted Frenchwoman at the counter , with all those ringlets they're vermin for me , and all the fallen ones are the same . " ' And the one in the Gospels ...
Page 51
... never tried it . I once experienced a strange feeling , ' he went on . ' Nowhere have I ever missed the country , the Russian country , with its bast shoes and muzhiks , so much as when I spent a winter with my mother in Nice . Nice is ...
... never tried it . I once experienced a strange feeling , ' he went on . ' Nowhere have I ever missed the country , the Russian country , with its bast shoes and muzhiks , so much as when I spent a winter with my mother in Nice . Nice is ...
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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