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 327
... showed his knowledge only when forced to . Still less could Levin say that he was trash , because Sviyazhsky was unquestionably an honest , kind , intelligent man , who cheerfully , energetically , ceaselessly did things highly ...
... showed his knowledge only when forced to . Still less could Levin say that he was trash , because Sviyazhsky was unquestionably an honest , kind , intelligent man , who cheerfully , energetically , ceaselessly did things highly ...
Page 339
... showed that everything done up to then was nonsense and unprofitable . The steward said that he had long been saying so , but no one had wanted to listen to him . As far as Levin's proposal was concerned - that he participate as a ...
... showed that everything done up to then was nonsense and unprofitable . The steward said that he had long been saying so , but no one had wanted to listen to him . As far as Levin's proposal was concerned - that he participate as a ...
Page 624
... showed them the new ventilation system he had installed . Then he showed them marble baths , beds with extraordinary springs . Then , one after the other , he showed them the wards , the store room , the linen room , then stoves of some ...
... showed them the new ventilation system he had installed . Then he showed them marble baths , beds with extraordinary springs . Then , one after the other , he showed them the wards , the store room , the linen room , then stoves of some ...
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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