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 9
... there's a woman with a petition to see you , ' he added . ' Has she been here long ? ' asked Stepan Arkadyich ... there could be nothing here but falseness , that to rectify , to repair , their relations was impossible , because it was ...
... there's a woman with a petition to see you , ' he added . ' Has she been here long ? ' asked Stepan Arkadyich ... there could be nothing here but falseness , that to rectify , to repair , their relations was impossible , because it was ...
Page 20
... there's nothing to do . ' ' That's what you think , but we're buried in work . ' ' Paperwork . Ah , well , you do ... there for so long . ' ' Why ? ' Levin asked timorously . ' No , nothing , ' Oblonsky replied . ' We'll talk . But why ...
... there's nothing to do . ' ' That's what you think , but we're buried in work . ' ' Paperwork . Ah , well , you do ... there for so long . ' ' Why ? ' Levin asked timorously . ' No , nothing , ' Oblonsky replied . ' We'll talk . But why ...
Page 28
... there by the joy and fear that overwhelmed his heart . She stood at the other end of the rink , talking to a lady . There seemed to be nothing very special in her dress , nor in her pose ; but for Levin she was as easy to recognize in ...
... there by the joy and fear that overwhelmed his heart . She stood at the other end of the rink , talking to a lady . There seemed to be nothing very special in her dress , nor in her pose ; but for Levin she was as easy to recognize in ...
Page 39
... there's one terrible thing ... You're married , you know this feeling ... The terrible thing is that we older men , who already have a past ... not of love , but of sins ... suddenly become close with a pure , innocent being ; it's ...
... there's one terrible thing ... You're married , you know this feeling ... The terrible thing is that we older men , who already have a past ... not of love , but of sins ... suddenly become close with a pure , innocent being ; it's ...
Page 41
... there are two women : one insists only on her rights , and these rights are your love , which you cannot give her ; and the other sacrifices everything for you and demands nothing . What are you to do ? How act ? There's a terrible ...
... there are two women : one insists only on her rights , and these rights are your love , which you cannot give her ; and the other sacrifices everything for you and demands nothing . What are you to do ? How act ? There's a terrible ...
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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