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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... Russia he wished to taste all the specifically Russian pleasures . Vronsky , who was , so to speak , his chief master of ceremonies , went to great lengths in organizing all the pleasures offered to the prince by various people . There ...
... Russia he wished to taste all the specifically Russian pleasures . Vronsky , who was , so to speak , his chief master of ceremonies , went to great lengths in organizing all the pleasures offered to the prince by various people . There ...
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... Russian imperial court . Io zemstvo : An elective provincial council for purposes of local administration , established in Russia in 1865 by the emperor Alexander II ( 1818-81 ) . II his opinion : Levin expresses a widely shared opinion ...
... Russian imperial court . Io zemstvo : An elective provincial council for purposes of local administration , established in Russia in 1865 by the emperor Alexander II ( 1818-81 ) . II his opinion : Levin expresses a widely shared opinion ...
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... Russia at that time , a temperature of -7 ° is the equivalent of -9 ° C ( 16 ° F ) . 16 Krasnaya Gorka : In Russian popular tradition , the day known as Krasnaya Gorka ( literally ' Pretty Little Hill ' ) , the Tuesday following St ...
... Russia at that time , a temperature of -7 ° is the equivalent of -9 ° C ( 16 ° F ) . 16 Krasnaya Gorka : In Russian popular tradition , the day known as Krasnaya Gorka ( literally ' Pretty Little Hill ' ) , the Tuesday following St ...
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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