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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... door . ' It's me , sir , ' said a firm and pleasant female voice , and through the door peeked the stern , pock - marked face of Matryona Filimonovna , the nanny . ' What is it , Matryosha ? ' Stepan Arkadyich asked , going out of the ...
... door . ' It's me , sir , ' said a firm and pleasant female voice , and through the door peeked the stern , pock - marked face of Matryona Filimonovna , the nanny . ' What is it , Matryosha ? ' Stepan Arkadyich asked , going out of the ...
Page 16
... door of the office suddenly opened and someone came in . All the members , from under the imperial portrait and behind the zertsalo , turned towards the door , glad of the diversion ; but the porter at once banished the intruder and ...
... door of the office suddenly opened and someone came in . All the members , from under the imperial portrait and behind the zertsalo , turned towards the door , glad of the diversion ; but the porter at once banished the intruder and ...
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... door . From behind the closed door came the sounds of the orchestra's careful staccato accompaniment and one female voice distinctly pronouncing a musical phrase . The door opened to allow the usher to slip in , and the concluding ...
... door . From behind the closed door came the sounds of the orchestra's careful staccato accompaniment and one female voice distinctly pronouncing a musical phrase . The door opened to allow the usher to slip in , and the concluding ...
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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