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 68
... suddenly softened . Anna raised Dolly's dry , thin hand , kissed it and said : ' But , Dolly , what's to be done , what's to be done ? What's the best way to act in this terrible situation ? - that's what we must think about ...
... suddenly softened . Anna raised Dolly's dry , thin hand , kissed it and said : ' But , Dolly , what's to be done , what's to be done ? What's the best way to act in this terrible situation ? - that's what we must think about ...
Page 539
... suddenly remembered who had been the cause of her present grief . She had not thought of him once all morning . But now suddenly , seeing that noble , manly face , so familiar and dear to her , she felt an unexpected surge of love for ...
... suddenly remembered who had been the cause of her present grief . She had not thought of him once all morning . But now suddenly , seeing that noble , manly face , so familiar and dear to her , she felt an unexpected surge of love for ...
Page 555
... suddenly , looking at a sparrow that had alighted on the railing and , turning over a raspberry stem , began pecking ... suddenly it's broken through , ' said Dolly , smiling pensively and recalling her past with Stepan Arkadyich ...
... suddenly , looking at a sparrow that had alighted on the railing and , turning over a raspberry stem , began pecking ... suddenly it's broken through , ' said Dolly , smiling pensively and recalling her past with Stepan Arkadyich ...
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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