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 198
... heard something knock behind him . Excited by Gladiator going ahead of her , the horse had risen too early before the barrier and knocked against it with a back hoof . But her pace did not change , and Vronsky , receiving a lump of mud ...
... heard something knock behind him . Excited by Gladiator going ahead of her , the horse had risen too early before the barrier and knocked against it with a back hoof . But her pace did not change , and Vronsky , receiving a lump of mud ...
Page 547
... heard all the expressions of commiseration , indignation and astonishment from women that she should allow herself to appear in society and appear so conspicuously in her lace attire and in all her beauty , admired the calm and beauty ...
... heard all the expressions of commiseration , indignation and astonishment from women that she should allow herself to appear in society and appear so conspicuously in her lace attire and in all her beauty , admired the calm and beauty ...
Page 753
... heard a vehicle stop by the entrance , and , looking out the window , she saw a carriage with a young girl in a violet hat leaning out of it and giving orders to the footman who was ringing at the door . After negotiations in the front ...
... heard a vehicle stop by the entrance , and , looking out the window , she saw a carriage with a young girl in a violet hat leaning out of it and giving orders to the footman who was ringing at the door . After negotiations in the front ...
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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