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 142
... wife was sitting at a separate table with Vronsky and having an animated conversation about something ; but he noticed that to the others in the drawing room it seemed something peculiar and improper , and therefore he , too , found it ...
... wife was sitting at a separate table with Vronsky and having an animated conversation about something ; but he noticed that to the others in the drawing room it seemed something peculiar and improper , and therefore he , too , found it ...
Page 201
... wife . He did not understand it , because it was too dreadful for him to recognize his real position , and in his soul he closed , locked and sealed the drawer in which he kept his feelings for his family - that is , his wife and son ...
... wife . He did not understand it , because it was too dreadful for him to recognize his real position , and in his soul he closed , locked and sealed the drawer in which he kept his feelings for his family - that is , his wife and son ...
Page 202
... wife was above sus- picion , and after that he began to avoid Countess Lydia Ivanovna . He did not want to see , and did not see , that in society many were already looking askance at his wife ; he did not want to understand , and did ...
... wife was above sus- picion , and after that he began to avoid Countess Lydia Ivanovna . He did not want to see , and did not see , that in society many were already looking askance at his wife ; he did not want to understand , and did ...
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