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 460
... meeting Golenish- chev , Vronsky had given him that cold and proud rebuff he knew how to give people , which meant : ' You may or may not like my way of life , it makes absolutely no difference to me : you must respect me if you want to ...
... meeting Golenish- chev , Vronsky had given him that cold and proud rebuff he knew how to give people , which meant : ' You may or may not like my way of life , it makes absolutely no difference to me : you must respect me if you want to ...
Page 530
... meeting him . At least it seemed so to Vronsky , as it seems to a man with a sore finger that he keeps knocking into everything , as if on purpose , with that finger . The stay in Petersburg seemed the more difficult to Vronsky because ...
... meeting him . At least it seemed so to Vronsky , as it seems to a man with a sore finger that he keeps knocking into everything , as if on purpose , with that finger . The stay in Petersburg seemed the more difficult to Vronsky because ...
Page 688
... meeting of the Committee , where he was to find his sister - in - law and take her home with him . There were many people , including almost the whole of society , at the public meeting of the Committee . Levin managed to catch the ...
... meeting of the Committee , where he was to find his sister - in - law and take her home with him . There were many people , including almost the whole of society , at the public meeting of the Committee . Levin managed to catch the ...
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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