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 189
... everything and leave him . ' 999 -- 1 ' Very well , suppose I do that , ' she said . ' Do you know what will come of it ? I'll tell you everything beforehand . ' And a wicked light lit up in her eyes , which a moment before had been ...
... everything and leave him . ' 999 -- 1 ' Very well , suppose I do that , ' she said . ' Do you know what will come of it ? I'll tell you everything beforehand . ' And a wicked light lit up in her eyes , which a moment before had been ...
Page 440
... everything that is taught by the holy apostolic Church ? ' the priest went on , turning his eyes from Levin's face and folding his hands under the stole . ' I have doubted , I doubt everything , ' Levin said , in a voice he himself ...
... everything that is taught by the holy apostolic Church ? ' the priest went on , turning his eyes from Levin's face and folding his hands under the stole . ' I have doubted , I doubt everything , ' Levin said , in a voice he himself ...
Page 539
... everything to do with her son . She sent to him asking him to come to her at once ; with a sinking heart she waited for him , thinking up the words in which she would tell him everything , and the expressions of love with which he would ...
... everything to do with her son . She sent to him asking him to come to her at once ; with a sinking heart she waited for him , thinking up the words in which she would tell him everything , and the expressions of love with which he would ...
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