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 373
... dinner without fail . Stepan Arkadyich loved dining , but still more he loved giving a dinner , not a big dinner , but a refined one as to the food , the drinks and the selection of guests . The programme for today's dinner was very ...
... dinner without fail . Stepan Arkadyich loved dining , but still more he loved giving a dinner , not a big dinner , but a refined one as to the food , the drinks and the selection of guests . The programme for today's dinner was very ...
Page 385
... dinner was as good as the dinner ware , of which Stepan Arkadyich was a great fancier . The soup Marie - Louise succeeded splendidly ; the pirozhki , which melted in the mouth , were irreproachable . The two servants and Matvei , in ...
... dinner was as good as the dinner ware , of which Stepan Arkadyich was a great fancier . The soup Marie - Louise succeeded splendidly ; the pirozhki , which melted in the mouth , were irreproachable . The two servants and Matvei , in ...
Page 664
... dinner Nevedovsky was constantly addressed with the words ' our provincial marshal ' and ' your excellency ' . This was done with the same pleasure as when a young woman is addressed as ' madame ' and with her husband's last name ...
... dinner Nevedovsky was constantly addressed with the words ' our provincial marshal ' and ' your excellency ' . This was done with the same pleasure as when a young woman is addressed as ' madame ' and with her husband's last name ...
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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