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 126
... knew them all as people know each other in a provincial town ; knew who had which habits and weaknesses , whose shoe pinched on which foot ; knew their relations to one another and to the main centre ; knew who 126 ANNA KARENINA.
... knew them all as people know each other in a provincial town ; knew who had which habits and weaknesses , whose shoe pinched on which foot ; knew their relations to one another and to the main centre ; knew who 126 ANNA KARENINA.
Page 238
... knew them would be the same for him as to say that he knew people . He constantly observed and came to know all sorts of people , muzhik - people among them , whom he considered good and interesting people , and continually noticed new ...
... knew them would be the same for him as to say that he knew people . He constantly observed and came to know all sorts of people , muzhik - people among them , whom he considered good and interesting people , and continually noticed new ...
Page 326
... knew that Sviyazh- sky and his wife wished very much to marry this girl to him . He knew it indubitably , as these things are always known to young men , so - called suitors , though he would never have dared say it to anyone , and he also ...
... knew that Sviyazh- sky and his wife wished very much to marry this girl to him . He knew it indubitably , as these things are always known to young men , so - called suitors , though he would never have dared say it to anyone , and he also ...
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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