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 45
... mother in all things that they would never dare undertake anything important without consulting her . ' And now I'm waiting , as for a special happiness , for my mother's arrival from Petersburg , ' he had said . Kitty had repeated it ...
... mother in all things that they would never dare undertake anything important without consulting her . ' And now I'm waiting , as for a special happiness , for my mother's arrival from Petersburg , ' he had said . Kitty had repeated it ...
Page 225
... mother or to Varenka . Even now , however , in anticipation of the time for fulfilling her plans on a large scale ... mother . She kept them hidden , not because she did not respect or love her mother , but because she was her mother ...
... mother or to Varenka . Even now , however , in anticipation of the time for fulfilling her plans on a large scale ... mother . She kept them hidden , not because she did not respect or love her mother , but because she was her mother ...
Page 267
... mother's face . At his invitation the two older ones at once jumped down and ran with him as simply as they would have run with the nanny , with Miss Hull , or with their mother . Lily also started asking to go with him , and her mother ...
... mother's face . At his invitation the two older ones at once jumped down and ran with him as simply as they would have run with the nanny , with Miss Hull , or with their mother . Lily also started asking to go with him , and her mother ...
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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