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 160
... Stepan Arkadyich's belongings were also brought - a bag , a gun in a case , a pouch for cigars – and , leaving him to wash and change , went meanwhile to the office to give orders about the ploughing and the clover . Agafya Mikhailovna ...
... Stepan Arkadyich's belongings were also brought - a bag , a gun in a case , a pouch for cigars – and , leaving him to wash and change , went meanwhile to the office to give orders about the ploughing and the clover . Agafya Mikhailovna ...
Page 378
... Stepan Arkadyich's voice said to the lackey who had refused to let him in , and , taking his coat off as he went , Oblonsky entered the room . ' Well , I'm very glad I found you at home ! So , I hope ... ' Stepan Arkadyich began merrily ...
... Stepan Arkadyich's voice said to the lackey who had refused to let him in , and , taking his coat off as he went , Oblonsky entered the room . ' Well , I'm very glad I found you at home ! So , I hope ... ' Stepan Arkadyich began merrily ...
Page 430
... Stepan Arkadyich , unable to answer for the tears that choked him . " Yes , yes . I understand you , ' he finally got out . ' I wish to know what she wants , ' said Alexei Alexandrovich . ' I'm afraid she doesn't understand her ...
... Stepan Arkadyich , unable to answer for the tears that choked him . " Yes , yes . I understand you , ' he finally got out . ' I wish to know what she wants , ' said Alexei Alexandrovich . ' I'm afraid she doesn't understand her ...
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Agafya Mikhailovna Alexei Alexandrovich already Anna Arkadyevna Anna Karenina Anna's asked began Betsy better blushing brother calm carriage conversation Countess Lydia Ivanovna Darya Alexandrovna dinner divorce doctor Dolly door drawing room dress everything expression eyes face feeling felt footman forgive frock coat girl glad glanced Golenishchev hand happy head heard heart horse husband impossible Karenin Katavasov kissed Kitty Kitty's knew ladies laughing leave listening live looking Mme Stahl Moscow mother muzhiks never Nikolai Oblonsky once Petersburg pity prince princess question remembered replied Russian seemed Sergei Ivanovich Seryozha Shcherbatsky silent sitting smile soul Stepan Arkadyich Stiva stood stopped suddenly Sviyazhsky talk tell terrible there's thing thought told Tolstoy took tormented turned understand understood unpleasant Varenka Veslovsky voice Vronsky Vronsky's waiting walked wanted wet nurse whole wife wish woman words Yashvin young Zaraysk zemstvo