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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... Brother Nikolai was Konstantin Levin's older brother and Sergei Ivanovich's half - brother , a ruined man , who had squandered the greater part of his fortune , moved in very strange and bad society , and had quarrelled with his ...
... Brother Nikolai was Konstantin Levin's older brother and Sergei Ivanovich's half - brother , a ruined man , who had squandered the greater part of his fortune , moved in very strange and bad society , and had quarrelled with his ...
Page 84
... brother's . ' And I don't fit in with other people . It's pride , they say . No , there's no pride in me either . If ... brother Nikolai and paused joyfully at this remembrance . ' Isn't he right that everything in the world is bad and ...
... brother's . ' And I don't fit in with other people . It's pride , they say . No , there's no pride in me either . If ... brother Nikolai and paused joyfully at this remembrance . ' Isn't he right that everything in the world is bad and ...
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... brother Nikolai . Levin loved his brother , but being with him was always a torment . Now , under the influence of the thought that had come to him and of Agafya Mikhailovna's reminder , he was in a vague , confused state , and the ...
... brother Nikolai . Levin loved his brother , but being with him was always a torment . Now , under the influence of the thought that had come to him and of Agafya Mikhailovna's reminder , he was in a vague , confused state , and the ...
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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