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 441
... answer only what had a direct bearing on the question . ' I don't know , ' he said . ' You don't know ? How then can you doubt that God created every- thing ? ' the priest said in merry perplexity . ' I don't understand anything ...
... answer only what had a direct bearing on the question . ' I don't know , ' he said . ' You don't know ? How then can you doubt that God created every- thing ? ' the priest said in merry perplexity . ' I don't understand anything ...
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... answer and only sighed . Anna noticed her sigh , which showed disagreement , and went on . She had more arguments in store , such strong ones that it was impossible to answer them . ' You say it's not good ? But you must consider ...
... answer and only sighed . Anna noticed her sigh , which showed disagreement , and went on . She had more arguments in store , such strong ones that it was impossible to answer them . ' You say it's not good ? But you must consider ...
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... answer . The question for him consisted in the following : ' If I do not accept the answers that Christianity gives to the questions of my life , then which answers do I accept ? ' And nowhere in the whole arsenal of his convic- tions ...
... answer . The question for him consisted in the following : ' If I do not accept the answers that Christianity gives to the questions of my life , then which answers do I accept ? ' And nowhere in the whole arsenal of his convic- tions ...
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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