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 64
... carriage to announce that everything was ready , and the countess got up to leave . ' Let's go , there are fewer people now , ' said Vronsky . The maid took the bag and the lapdog , the butler and a porter the other bags . Vronsky gave ...
... carriage to announce that everything was ready , and the countess got up to leave . ' Let's go , there are fewer people now , ' said Vronsky . The maid took the bag and the lapdog , the butler and a porter the other bags . Vronsky gave ...
Page 372
... carriage that had stopped at the corner , out of which peered a woman's head in a velvet hat and two children's heads , and was smiling and beckoning to his brother - in - law with the other hand . The lady smiled a kindly smile and ...
... carriage that had stopped at the corner , out of which peered a woman's head in a velvet hat and two children's heads , and was smiling and beckoning to his brother - in - law with the other hand . The lady smiled a kindly smile and ...
Page 777
... carriage . But no one came up the stairs and voices could be heard below . This was the messenger , who had come back in the carriage . She went down to him . ' I didn't find the count . He left for the Nizhni Novgorod railway ...
... carriage . But no one came up the stairs and voices could be heard below . This was the messenger , who had come back in the carriage . She went down to him . ' I didn't find the count . He left for the Nizhni Novgorod railway ...
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