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 184
... feeling of shame he had noticed in her more than once at this necessity for deceit and lying . And he experienced a strange feeling that had sometimes come over him since his liaison with Anna . This was a feeling of loathing for ...
... feeling of shame he had noticed in her more than once at this necessity for deceit and lying . And he experienced a strange feeling that had sometimes come over him since his liaison with Anna . This was a feeling of loathing for ...
Page 313
... feeling of life . This feeling was so strong that he smiled involuntarily . He put his feet down , placed one leg across the knee of the other and , taking it in his hand , felt the resilient calf , hurt the day before in his fall , and ...
... feeling of life . This feeling was so strong that he smiled involuntarily . He put his feet down , placed one leg across the knee of the other and , taking it in his hand , felt the resilient calf , hurt the day before in his fall , and ...
Page 813
... feeling that guided him , which was connected with those thoughts , and he found that feeling still stronger and more definite in his soul than before . What had happened to him before , when he had invented some reassurance and had had ...
... feeling that guided him , which was connected with those thoughts , and he found that feeling still stronger and more definite in his soul than before . What had happened to him before , when he had invented some reassurance and had had ...
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