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 427
... smile ( a smile would seem crude ) , but in his smile there was so much kindness and almost feminine tenderness that it could not be offensive . His quiet words and smiles worked softeningly and soothingly , like almond butter . And ...
... smile ( a smile would seem crude ) , but in his smile there was so much kindness and almost feminine tenderness that it could not be offensive . His quiet words and smiles worked softeningly and soothingly , like almond butter . And ...
Page 435
... smile . - And she could not help responding with a smile not to his words but to his enamoured eyes . She took his hand and stroked herself with it on her cold cheeks and cropped hair . ' I don't recognize you with this short hair . You ...
... smile . - And she could not help responding with a smile not to his words but to his enamoured eyes . She took his hand and stroked herself with it on her cold cheeks and cropped hair . ' I don't recognize you with this short hair . You ...
Page 560
... smile . She would never have been able to express the train of thought that made her smile ; but the final conclusion was that her husband , in admiring his brother and demeaning himself before him , was insincere . Kitty knew that this ...
... smile . She would never have been able to express the train of thought that made her smile ; but the final conclusion was that her husband , in admiring his brother and demeaning himself before him , was insincere . Kitty knew that this ...
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