Anna KareninaAnna 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 must endure 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, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for generations to come. |
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Page 124
... Kitty asked quickly , raising her eyes in fear . ' What else if not your grief ? ' ' I have no grief . ' ' Come now , Kitty . Can you really think I don't know ? I know every- thing . And believe me , it's nothing ... We've all gone ...
... Kitty asked quickly , raising her eyes in fear . ' What else if not your grief ? ' ' I have no grief . ' ' Come now , Kitty . Can you really think I don't know ? I know every- thing . And believe me , it's nothing ... We've all gone ...
Page 224
... Kitty did not learn all this from words . Mme Stahl spoke with Kitty as with a dear child , whom one looks upon fondly as a memory of one's youth , and she only once mentioned that in all human griefs consolation is given by faith and ...
... Kitty did not learn all this from words . Mme Stahl spoke with Kitty as with a dear child , whom one looks upon fondly as a memory of one's youth , and she only once mentioned that in all human griefs consolation is given by faith and ...
Page 225
... Kitty . But these were all secret thoughts which Kitty did not speak about either to her mother or to Varenka . Even now , however , in anticipation of the time for fulfilling her plans on a large scale , Kitty easily found occasion ...
... Kitty . But these were all secret thoughts which Kitty did not speak about either to her mother or to Varenka . Even now , however , in anticipation of the time for fulfilling her plans on a large scale , Kitty easily found occasion ...
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Alexei Alexandrovich already Anna answer asked began believe better brother called carriage coming conversation Countess Darya Alexandrovna dinner 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 looking 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 society soul speak standing Stepan Arkadyich steps stood stopped suddenly suffering talk tell there's thing thought told took trying turned understand understood voice Vronsky waiting walked wanted whole wife wish woman young