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 160
... especially nice during this visit , and Levin also noticed in him a new trait of respect and a kind of tenderness towards himself , which he found flattering . The efforts of Agafya Mikhailovna and the cook to make an especially good ...
... especially nice during this visit , and Levin also noticed in him a new trait of respect and a kind of tenderness towards himself , which he found flattering . The efforts of Agafya Mikhailovna and the cook to make an especially good ...
Page 477
... especially animated and merry . They talked about Mikhailov and his paintings . The word ' talent ' , which they understood as an inborn and almost physical ability , independent of mind and heart , and which they wanted to apply to ...
... especially animated and merry . They talked about Mikhailov and his paintings . The word ' talent ' , which they understood as an inborn and almost physical ability , independent of mind and heart , and which they wanted to apply to ...
Page 560
... especially with my brother , I feel that I'm bad . ' ' But in what ? ' Kitty went on with the same smile . ' Don't you also do things for others ? And your farmsteads , and your farming , and your book ? ... ' ' No , I feel - especially ...
... especially with my brother , I feel that I'm bad . ' ' But in what ? ' Kitty went on with the same smile . ' Don't you also do things for others ? And your farmsteads , and your farming , and your book ? ... ' ' No , I feel - especially ...
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